The alleged leak of the NEET medical entrance examination paper in India has been linked to the suicides of at least two students, amplifying the pressure on young people within the country's intensely competitive education system.
More than fifty schoolchildren, including toddlers aged two to five, have been abducted from three schools in Mussa, Borno State, Nigeria. Eyewitnesses reported gunmen used the children as human shields while fleeing on motorbikes. No group has claimed responsibility, though the attacks bear hallmarks of Boko Haram.
A rescue diver has died during an operation to locate the bodies of four Italian nationals, presumed drowned after a scuba diving incident in Maldivian caves. Staff Sergeant Mohamed Mahdhee succumbed to his injuries after being hospitalised in critical condition following his dive.
