* At the end of a three-day truce in Gaza, Israel resumes airstrikes following Palestinian rocket attacks. * Russia announces one-year ban on all meat, fruit, and vegetables from the US, EU, Canada, Australia, and Norway. * Russia, and the world, without Putin. * Dispatch from VICE reporter embedded with ISIS. * Three
* Minority Yazidi Iraqis are dying of thirst, stranded on a mountaintop. * Related: the amount of ISIS-controlled land in Iraq and Syria is now bigger than England. * Profile of Moner Mohammad Abusalha, first American suicide bomber in Syria. * Over two million people still pay monthly for access to AOL. * The
* Hamas as a political actor. * A primer on Mohammed Deif, the commander of Hamas's military wing. * Britain's Foreign Office minister resigns, protesting government silence on Gaza violence, and posts her resignation letter on Twitter. * Young people brought into the US illegally by their parents confront the
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* Up to this point the experimental drug that appears to have saved an American ebola patient had only been tested on monkeys. * San Diego pharma company that produces the experimental ebola treatment says it's increasing production. * The paranoid hypochondriac's guide to the ebola outbreak. * Jimmy Carter:
* Israel bombards the Gaza town of Rafah, killing 100 people in 24 hours. * Israel declares a seven-hour ceasefire—a "humanitarian window"—for most of Gaza. * How the ICC can determine war crimes. * The conflict may be deescalating: Israel is pulling troops out of Gaza and stationing some
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* Aspiring British parliamentarians discouraged by masters in angelic reiki. * India’s Parliament hiring men with a gift for mimicry to frighten away monkeys. * Humans have kept elephants longer than we’ve domesticated chickens—yet Behemoth's crying comes as a shock. * "Cafe Putin" to open next week,
Humans have kept elephants for thousands of years, longer than we've domesticated chickens. Yet the great animals’ capacity to cry for freedom comes as a shock.
* Federal authorities at US international airports are watching for passengers displaying Ebola symptoms. * UN officials accuse Israel of serious international rights violations after it bombed a UN-designated shelter. * In an interview with a Guardian reporter, Ukrainian rebel commander nicknamed "the Demon" threatens to kill him. * The housing
