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Israel, Hamas resume attacks after Gaza cease-fire expiresMilitants in the Gaza Strip launched rockets shortly after the 3-day cease-fire ended. The Israelis answered with airstrikes.- Prince William enters private work force – as air ambulance helicopter pilotPrince William is the first royal in the line of succession to take civilian employment. He says he will donate his salary to charity and continue to perform his royal responsibilities.
Islamic State militants capture Iraq's largest damSunni gunmen stormed the Mosul Dam Thursday, forcing Kurdish troops to retreat.
Pistorius an 'appalling witness,' prosecutor saysThe prosecution in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial presented final arguments in court Thursday. Defense final arguments take place Friday.
Snowden can stay in Russia another three years, lawyer saysEdward Snowden, who leaked classified National Security Agency documents showing US surveillance on citizens and foreign leaders, has not been granted political asylum.
With Russian troops at border, tensions mount in UkraineAs the Ukrainian army moves east, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces pressure to send the Russian army into Ukraine to support eastern rebels. Additional Western sanctions would be likely if Russia intervened militarily in Ukraine.
On the offensive, Kurdish forces attack Sunni militantsMarking a change in tactics, Kurdish peshmerga fighters attacked Islamic State militants near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil on Wednesday. On Sunday, Sunni militants rapidly advanced through three towns in the Kurdish region of Iraq.
Aid workers in Africa plead for help against Ebola outbreakThe death toll from the virus has climbed over 900, as of early this week. The World Health Organization is meeting to discuss its next course of action.
Israeli-Palestinian talks underway in Cairo. Netanyahu defends Gaza attacksA temporary cease-fire in the Gaza Strip continues to hold. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu justified his country's military incursion into the Palestinian coastal enclave.
Deadly car bombings kill 51 in Baghdad, authorities sayEarlier Wednesday, the Iraqi military announced that an airstrike killed 60 militants in Mosul.
Trapped man freed after fellow Australia commuters tilt trainDozens of Australia commuters helped a fellow commuter whose leg slipped between the platform and the train while boarding. The man was believed to have been uninjured.
Argentine 'dirty war' mystery solved for founder of Grandmothers of Plaza de MayoEstela Barnes de Carlotto ended the long hunt for her grandchild this week after DNA revealed a match with a local man. Many others are still looking for hundreds of children taken by Argentina's military.
British jets escort plane after bomb hoax: One man arrestedBritish fighter jets escorted a Qatar Airways plane after a passenger called in a bomb threat, which officials later determined was a hoax.
South Africa earthquake: One dead and miners trapped below surfaceA magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 105 miles southwest of Johannesburg Tuesday. One man died and there are reports of miners trapped in Orkney.
Survivors dug out from China quake that killed 398Rescuers found scores of survivors on Monday as they dug through homes shattered by an earthquake in southern China.
Iraq air force to back Kurds fighting IslamistsIraq's armed forces will help the Kurdish military battle a Sunni militant offensive in northern Iraq that has displaced tens of thousands of people from the minority Yazidi community.
Both sides prepare for new Gaza war crimes probeFrom the first day of Israel-Hamas fighting on July 8, human rights groups operating in Gaza have been collecting detailed information about the aftermath of the almost 5,000 Israeli strikes.
Nigerian doctor contracts Ebola after treating American patientNigerian health authorities confirmed Monday that a doctor who helped to treat Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American who died from Ebola, has come down with the disease himself.
China earthquake: 12,000 homes collapse, hundreds deadChina earthquake: Nearly 400 people died when a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck China's Yunnan province Sunday. Rescue efforts are underway amid aftershocks.- Tropical Storm Bertha heads for Bahamas, Turks & CaicosThe storm has swept over the Dominican Republic and is now hitting the British Caribbean.
