The mosque is a site of heavy fighting between Israeli and Hamas militant forces. According to Israeli soldiers, the mosque is one of the safe havens that the Hamas used to attack Israel, serving as an entrance to a tunnel that allows Hamas forces to attack settlements in southern Israel.
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EU praises ASEAN integration
A European Union representative praised the goal ASEAN economic integration by 2015 and its positive effects to the EU.
American restaurant bans noisy children, crying babies
Many restaurants are going out of their way to accommodate families with small children, one American restaurant goes the opposite direction, banning noisy children and crying babies.
American Ebola patients are being sent back to US
A pair of American patients that have contracted the Ebola virus in West Africa are being evacuated back to the United States for treatment.
A boat in Indonesia capsized killing several passengers
A boat in the Indonesian Sumatra region capsized, killing several of the passengers.
Rescue Ops continue in Kaohsiung gas explosion site
In Taiwan, rescuers continue to search for survivors as multiple gas explosions shook a southern city.
Israel and Palestinian militants agree to a 3-day ceasefire
Israel and Hamas Islamist militants have agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian truce after three weeks of fighting in the Gaza.
Kurdish oil cargo unloaded at sea, destination a mystery
By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:26pm EDT (Reuters) – Part of a Kurdish oil cargo has been offloaded from a Greek-managed tanker into another tanker in the South China Sea, but mystery surrounds the identity of the buyer and where the two tankers are headed. The United Emblem, which is carrying more than 1 million barrels of oil, is one of three tankers loaded with oil from the autonomous Kurdish region, which […]
Israel, Palestinian militant groups agree to three-day Gaza truce
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:03pm EDT (Reuters) – Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip have agreed to a three-day humanitarian truce to begin Friday morning, and negotiators from both sides will travel to Cairo to discuss a longer-term solution. The 72-hour break after more than three weeks of fighting was set to begin at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT), according to a joint statement released by […]
Gas leak explosion in Taiwan kills 22
An explosion caused by a gas leak resulted in 22 deaths and more than 200 injured in Taiwan.
OFWs in Sierra Leone and Liberia, prepared for Ebola outbreak
Overseas Filipino workers in Sierra Leone and Liberia are exercising extreme caution as cases of Ebola outbreak continue to increase.
New malaria parasite enters Southeast Asia
A new strain of malaria, one that is drug-resistant, has been spotted in Southeast Asia, with the Philippines already preparing for said disease. The Department of Health is currently disseminating information about this new malaria strain, further adding the 50% of the provinces are already malaria free.