Backing Egypt’s generals, Saudi Arabia promises financial support
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Saudi Arabia is emerging at the forefront of a forceful effort by Persian Gulf monarchies to back Egypt’s new military leaders, exacerbating a fierce struggle for influence in the chaotic and increasingly leaderless Arab world and putting the Saudis at odds with the United States, a long-standing ally.
On Monday, Saudi Arabia promised to compensate Egypt for any aid that Western countries might withdraw in response to the harsh tactics employed by Egypt’s leaders to quell protests by supporters of the country’s deposed president, in which nearly 1,000 people and more than 100 police officers are reported to have been killed.
Saudi Arabia is the largest contributor to a $12 billion aid package pledged by gulf countries since the July 3 coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsi, dwarfing the $1.5 billion in annual U.S. aid that congressional leaders are pressuring the Obama administration to suspend.
Peru: alarm over appearance of isolated Mashco-Piro tribe
Authorities perplexed as more than 100 members of clan that has almost no contact with outsiders threatens to cross river
Members of an Indian tribe that has long lived in voluntary isolation inPeru's south-eastern Amazon have attempted to make contact with outsiders for a second time since 2011, leading to a tense standoff at a river hamlet.
Authorities are unsure what provoked the three-day encounter but say the Mashco-Piro may be upset by illegal logging in their territory as well as drug smugglers who pass through. Oil and gas exploration also affects the region.
More than 100 members of the Mashco-Piro clan appeared across the Las Piedras river from the remote community of Monte Salvado in the Tambopata region of Madre de Dios state from 24 June said Klaus Quicque, president of the regional FENAMAD indigenous federation.
Benazir Bhutto death: Pakistan ex-president and army chief Pervez Musharraf charged with 2007 murder of prime minister
Decision by marks the first time Musharraf, or any former army chief in Pakistan, has been charged with a crime
Authorities in Pakistan have formally charged the country's former military
ruler over the murder of Benazir Bhutto, who twice served as prime minister and
was assassinated while campaigning to secure a third term.
ruler over the murder of Benazir Bhutto, who twice served as prime minister and
was assassinated while campaigning to secure a third term.
In the latest set-back to former dictator Pervez Musharraf, the one-time army chief was today indicted on three counts over the murder of Ms Bhutto, who died in a gun and suicide attack in December 2007.
The move to bring charges against a former army chief is unprecedented in a country ruled for more than half of its life by the military.
Boko Haram leader Shekau may be dead, Nigerian military claims
The Nigerian military has said that terrorist leader Abubakar Shekau of Islamist sect Boko Haram “may have died.”
Shekau may have died of injuries suffered during an attack in June on Boko Haram in Borno State’s Sambisa forest, newspaper This Day reported Tuesday citing a military statement.
He was then taken to neighbouring Cameroon, the report said.
Shekau is wanted internationally, and the United States offered a 7-million-dollar reward for his capture in June.
“Intelligence reports available to the Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Order, revealed that Abubakar Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted Boko Haram terrorist leader, may have died,” said Sagir Musa, the JTF spokesman in north-eastern Borno State.
New textbooks in Mexico riddled with errors
The Education Department has admitted to 117 errors in spelling and grammar in a Spanish language and a geography textbook for elementary schools.
The return of 26 million children to school today has put the weaknesses of Mexico’s education system on display – errors in new textbooks and teacher strikes have become a national scandal.
The Education Department has admitted to 117 errors in spelling and grammar in a Spanish language and a geography textbook for elementary schools – errors that were apparently only caught after the books had been edited and sent to the printer. Some 235 million elementary school textbooks were distributed.
20 August 2013 Last updated at 07:52 GMT
Fukushima nuclear plant: Radioactive water leak found
Radioactive water has leaked from a storage tank into the ground at Japan's Fukushima plant, its operator says.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said the leak of at least 300 tonnes of the highly radioactive water was discovered on Monday.
The plant, crippled by the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, has seen a series of water leaks and power failures.
The tsunami knocked out cooling systems to the reactors, three of which melted down.
An employee discovered the leak on Monday morning, Tepco said in a statement.
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