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Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in West Bank clash

Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in West Bank clash

ALI SAWAFTA ISRAELI soldiers killed a Palestinian militant in clashes that broke out in the occupied West Bank during a raid in the hometown of a gunman who had carried out a deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israeli and Palestinian sources said. Israeli-Palestinian tensions have soared in the run-up to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with both sides warning against escalation. Deadly incidents have since surged. The Palestinian Health Ministry said 13 people were wounded in Saturday's exchange of fire in the city of Jenin. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed the man killed was a member of the…
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Boys escaped through forest after gunmen abducted their friends at Nigeria school

Boys escaped through forest after gunmen abducted their friends at Nigeria school

ISMAIL ABBA and AFOLABI SOTUNDE USAMA Aminu was one of the lucky ones. He managed to escape when gunman abducted more than 300 pupils from his school in northwestern Nigeria. "When I decided to run they brought a knife to slaughter me but I ran away quickly," he said, sitting on a mat and speaking softly as he described how he had been in bed at the all-boys school in Kankara when he heard gunshots on Friday night. At first, he said, the boys thought the commotion was from soldiers trying to protect them, but the attackers, armed with AK-47s,…
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