巴林当局称挫败一起企图袭击沙特驻巴林大使的阴谋，官方媒体援引内政部发言人的话，称四名巴林人在卡塔尔被捕，并于本月早些时候交由巴林。

The British aid agency Oxfam is withdrawing its staff from a volatile border region of South Sudan in response to increasing instability. Oxfam said its workers had reported aerial bombing and artillery fire for several hours on Friday in Upper Nile state. The agency says thousands of refugees continue to cross the border from the north in need of food, water and shelter. Grant Ferrett reports.

英国援助机构乐施会将工作人员从南苏丹动荡的边境地区撤出，该地区形势愈发不稳定。乐施会称，其工作人员汇报，上尼罗河州周五发生了数小时的空中轰炸和炮弹袭击。该机构称，数千名难民继续从北部越过边境，寻找食物、水和住处。Grant Ferrett报道。

Sporadic fighting erupted along the border in the months before South Sudan became independent in July, but reports of further clashes are now coming in almost every day. Each side accuses the other of backing rebels in its territory. Each is deploying more troops and equipment to various hot spots. Oxfam is pulling 22 of its staff out of Jamam and Renk in the South Sudanese state of Upper Nile. The fear is that the sporadic clashes degenerate into a return to war.

7月份南苏丹独立之前的数月，边境地区不时有战斗发生，但现在，据报道，几乎每天都有冲突发生。双方都指责对方支持本国境内的叛乱活动，都派出更多军队和武器到热点地区。乐施会正从上尼罗河州的Jamam和Renk地区撤出22名工作人员。担心这些零星冲突会导致战争再次发生。