A call by the UN Security Council for an immediate cease-fire failed to prevent violence, as Israel and Hamas traded blame on Monday for explosions at a refugee camp and hospital in Gaza that left at least 10 children dead and scores wounded
TIME's Simon Shuster reports on the Russian President's claims about Ukraine, which are becoming harder to defend
All non-major entry points were sealed off in a bid to curb the largest Ebola outbreak on record that has killed scores in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
A new book details the former president’s keen interest making sure pandas Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing, gifted to the United States in 1972 by former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, got busy. "Now, if they don’t learn it, they’ll get over here and nothing will happen"
Documents leaked by a conservative magazine offer a rare inside look at campaign strategy--giving a clear outline of the Michelle Nunn campaign's perceptions of the candidate's weaknesses as a moderate Democrat in the conservative state of Georgia
A 16-year old has been arrested in Nagasaki, for bludgeoning a classmate with a blunt object, then decapitating her and cutting off her left hand. "I did it all by myself," she reportedly told police
The actor has signed to work on the upcoming feature film, alongside Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba and Ben Kinglsey. Giancarlo Esposito, better known as Gus from Breaking Bad, has also joined the cast
The current national average for regular fuel is $3.523 per gallon, according to AAA, down from $3.54 per gallon on Friday. Recent geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine and in Israel has not affected distribution or supply, according to the auto organization
A Human Rights Watch and American Civil Liberties Union report suggests NSA snooping prevents sources talking to journalists and compromises the relationships between defense attorneys and their clients
A doctor who performed an autopsy on Joseph Wood, the Arizona death row inmate whose July 23 lethal injection lasted almost two hours, says the IV lines that delivered the fatal drugs were not the problem
If confirmed, Rabbi David Saperstein would be the first non-Christian to hold the post as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. The State Dept. recently issued a particularly weighty edition of its annual analysis of religious freedom across the globe
The $8.5 billion cash-and-stock deal will give Dollar Tree more than 13,000 stores in North America, about three times as many as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; the customer base for bargain retailers has been among the hardest hit by the recession and aftermath
TIME chats with the Afro-Norwegian duo, best known for their summer hit "Am I Wrong"
