AFRICAN NEWS WATCH

The IAF attacked targets in the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning in response to rocket fire on Israel from the coastal territory the day before. Four targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip and one target in the southern part of the coastal territory...

The parents of a young California woman murdered in Hawaii and the sister of her missing boyfriend -- now a key suspect in her death -- have called the mystery "surreal" and expressed concern that he was also murdered.
Family members of Brittany Royal, 25, and her boyfriend, 22-year old Boaz Johnson, have broken their silence after the body of Royal was discovered May 28, strangled and dumped in the ocean near Hawaii's Big Island. The couple had been living at a campsite...

Jamaican authorities have arrested a man suspected of involvement in the island's lottery scam.
Police say the suspect from St. Elizabeth parish in the country's south is being investigated following a raid at his residence. Officers searching his home allegedly found "lead sheets," or lists with names, addresses, phone numbers and Social Security...

It’s common knowledge that St. Peter guards the pearly gates. But what many people might not know is Pope Francis used to guard the door at a bar in Argentina.
That’s right: Pope Francis used to be a bar bouncer.
The 76-year-old pontiff disclosed his previous vocation in a parish visit to the church of San Cirillo Alessandrino in a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Rome on Sunday, the Catholic News Service reported....