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Israeli forces' flares light up the night sky of Gaza City on early Tuesday, July 29, 2014.

A young boy stands in the ruins of a house which was destroyed during an air strike in Central Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.

The Chinese government and exiled Uighur groups are offering differing explanations about what led to the latest instance of unrest in the troubled Xinjiang region, where scores of people were killed this week.

European Union governments have agreed to impose new sanctions against Russia that will target, among other areas, its defense sector, with Washington poised to follow. Experts agree the measures were long in coming but there seems to be little agreement over how painful they will be for Russia – and for Europe itself.

Officer from 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron give the thumbs up at RAF Coningsby.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to journalists at the security council stakeout on the situation in Gaza.

The United States accused Russia of violating a historic nuclear test ban treaty by testing a ground-launched cruise missile.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

A young girl sleeps surrounded by relatives in their new home, a primary school in Alqosh, Duhok, after fleeing their home in Mosul.

A team of international crash investigators and police officers was forced to cancel a visit to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane Sunday in eastern Ukraine. Heavy fighting has been reported between government forces and rebels close to the area where Flight MH17 came down ten days ago.