Suspected Boko Haram members also set homes ablaze in the northeastern Nigerian town of Damboa.
The U.N. Security Council considers a draft resolution for international cooperation as it seeks a similar result.
CNN has reassigned a reporter working in southern Israel after referring to a group of Israeli people as “scum” for cheering Israeli bombing raids in Gaza.
Israel launched a ground operation, not in the West Bank but in the Gaza Strip. Here's a short primer on the Palestinian territories.
Russia Today host Sara Firth quit after the Kremlin-funded news channel suggested Ukraine was responsible for the MH17 crash.
The credibility of the investigation into the MH17 plane crash rests on the recovery of the vital flight-data device.
Israel's ground offensive in Gaza is focused on destroying tunnels that supply Hamas with Iranian rockets.
The former US Secretary of State said that "Hamas may feel like they have nothing to lose" after Israeli invasion.
Some 27 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed since Israel's ground invasion of Gaza began on Thursday.
The U.S. called on Israel to "take every possible step" to prevent civilian casualties in its conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas remains defiant, despite reports from the ground describing heavy artillery fire, fiery explosions, tank attacks and “smoke.”
Reports from the Gaza offensive shared via Whisper, a new app that allows users to post anonymously.
The IDF launched a ground operation in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims it will target Hamas' underground operations.
Missiles launched from the ground or the air have brought down civilian aircraft several times before, intentionally or by mistake.
If Malaysian and Ukrainian investigations confirm flight MH17 was shot down, it will be the worst tragedy of its kind in recent history.
The number of people killed in Gaza has reached 240, including seven children, and the border has been closed.
The death of three Gaza children brings the total number of Palestinian casualties to 234 people in the 10 days of fighting.
Officials from Israel and Hamas have denied reports that the two sides agreed to a new cease-fire on Thursday.
Hamas and Israel have agreed to a fresh Egyptian proposal to end hostilities in the Gaza Strip, the BBC reported Thursday.
Three mortar shells landed in uninhabited areas of Israel on Thursday during a five-hour humanitarian cease-fire.
Israeli airstrikes continue in Gaza as Hamas is thwarted by Israel's Iron Dome. See our timeline of the entire conflict.
The IDF and Hamas will hold off on strikes for five hours on Thursday to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip.