Gunmen in Kenya's port city of Mombasa kill Mohamed Idris, chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, who opposed the radical preachings of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab insurgents. (Yahoo News)
It is unclear if floods, which have hit 132 cities, driven nearly 13,000 people from their homes, and killed nine people, have affected Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, the stadium scheduled to host the first of its four 2014 FIFA World Cup games between Spain and Australia this Friday. (RTÉ Sport)