Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria's northwest, riddled with Islamic extremists and armed gangs. Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap 300 Students in Northwest Nigeria; Two Days Later, Some Have Lost Hope of Finding Them.
At least two persons were killed and six others were severely injured in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri on late Thursday as a mortar shell, reportedly carried by the flood waters of River Teesta, blew up, police said. Blast in West Bengal: Two Killed, Six Injured in Jalpaiguri As Mortar Shell Floating on Flood Waters of River Teesta Blows Up.