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- Report finds 1,400 children sexually exploited in Rotherham, northern England
Report author Alexis Jay cited appalling acts of violence between 1997 and 2013 in Rotherham, a town of some 250,000.
- Israel, Hamas agree to long-term cease-fire
The two sides announced the agreement on Tuesday. Over two thousand people have been killed in Gaza and Israel over the last seven weeks.
- Why WHO calls for indoor ban on e-cigarettes
The World Health Organization urged nations to ban e-cigarettes from indoor use and sale to minors until more research is done on the benefits and risks.
- US spy flights over Syria: Prelude to airstrikes on ISIS?
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey says US looking for "more insights" into the activities of Islamic State in Syria.
- Soccer player killed: Algeria suspends weekend games after Albert Ebosse's death
Cameroonian soccer player Albert Ebosse was killed after angry fans pelted JS Kabylie players with rocks after losing a game in their hometown of Tizi Ouzou.
- Ukrainian president dissolves parliament ahead of Putin meeting
President Petro Poroshenko has called for early elections this fall.
- Hollande reshuffles government in hopes to revive the stagnant economy
France's President Hollande is weighing his options after dissolving the government on Monday over open feuding in the Cabinet over economic policy. Hollande is to announce a new government on Tuesday.
- Boko Haram: Can it create Islamic caliphate in Africa?
The leader of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram declared in a video that the territory controlled by the group is under Islamic law. Is Boko Haram using ISIS playbook to create an islamic state?
- Islamic State militants capture major Syrian air base
Islamic State fighters captured the Tabqa airfield in northeastern Syria Sunday. The government had made significant investments in both weapons and manpower to try to hold onto the military base, making its fall a both a symbolic and a strategic blow.
- Kidnappers free American journalist missing since 2012
Kidnappers in Syria on Sunday freed a US journalist missing since 2012 following Qatari efforts to win his release, according to al Jazeera reports.
- Iran says it shot down Israeli drone approaching nuclear site
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said Sunday its forces shot down an Israeli drone as it approached an Iranian nuclear site.
- Royal Air Force evacuates British Ebola patient
The first British citizen confirmed to be infected with the deadly Ebola disease is being evacuated from Sierra Leone. A Senegalese health worker who has become infected in Sierra Leone could soon be evacuated as well.
- Britain 'close' to naming James Foley's executioner
Britain is close to identifying the man seen executing American journalist James Foley in a video released by the Islamic State, Britain's US ambassador told CNN Sunday.
- Israeli missiles collapse Gaza apartment building, wounding at least 22
Two Israeli missiles collapsed a downtown Gaza apartment building Saturday, wounding at least 22, including 11 children. Israeli military said they were targeting a Hamas operations room in the building.
- China says its pilot maintained safe distance from US aircraft
On Saturday, China called US criticism of an approach by one of its jets to a US Navy patrol plane 'completely groundless.' The Obama administration on Friday accused a Chinese fighter jet of conducting a 'dangerous intercept.'
- Trucks return to Russia, but questions about artillery remain
More than two hundred trucks that Russia unilaterally sent into Ukraine Friday returned to Russia Saturday. Ukraine, the US, the European Union, and NATO denounced the Russian move as a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty.
- Yes or no? Race is on for Scotland's undecided voters.
On Monday, Scotland's pro-independence First Minister Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling, leader of the 'No' campaign, will face off in their final televised debate between the country's Sept. 18 referendum.
- India and Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir, killing four
India and Pakistan said a 2003 cease-fire in Kashmir had been violated, with troops exchanging gunfire Saturday. Two villagers on each side were killed and several injuries were reported.
- In wake of James Foley video, Britain plans tougher terrorism laws
Britons have expressed horror at the apparent involvement of a Brit in the beheading of journalist James Foley. In response, the home secretary announced new laws to tackle Islamist militants in the UK.
- Michael Phelps is back! Katie Ledecky sets new world record
On Saturday, Michael Phelps won his second gold medal at Pan Pacific championships in Australia. Katie Ledecky set yet another world record, this time in the 400-meter freestyle.