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Several Ambassadors to the United Nations are meeting this morning to consider a resolution that calls for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza.

Major General Harold Greene was from New York state. He had been helping Afghan soldiers take over control from coalition forces.

The truce comes after two deadly attacks in Jerusalem. A pedestrian was killed when a man used a bulldozer to flip over a city bus. A soldier was also killed.

Officials expect the death toll to rise after an underground gas explosion ripped through the city.

A 72-hour cease-fire between Israel and Hamas is underway.

President of Samaritan's Purse Franklin Graham offered an experimental serum to Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol who are fighting the Ebola virus

A Charlotte missionary is one of two Americans battling Ebola. Nancy Writebol is listed in stable condition.

At least 15 people were killed after tank shells hit a U.N. school. Hundreds of Palestinians were taking refuge there from Israeli attacks.

The Ebola outbreak in west Africa has Samaritan's Purse and a Charlotte-based medical missionary group evacuating non-essential personnel from Liberia.

President Obama announced new sanctions against Russia as fighting flares up between Russian-supported rebels and the Ukraine army.

A Charlotte missionary is fighting one of the deadliest diseases in the world.

Nancy Writebol who worked at SIM on Choate Cirlce, contracted the deadly Ebola virus while working in Liberia.

The move comes as Ukrainian officials say they are seeing artillery attacks coming from Russian territory.

The wreckage of a missing Air Algerie flight has been found in Mali. It's the third major international airline disaster in about a week.

Taiwan's Central News Agency says a plane has crashed in a failed emergency landing, killing 51 people.

CNN says the FAA has told U.S. airlines that they are prohibited from flying to or from Israel's Ben Gurion Airport for a period of up to 24 hours.

Train cars full of bodies rolled away from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 impact site Monday. Meanwhile, President Obama is pressuring Vladimir Putin to allow international investigators full access to the site.

A passenger who took a picture of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 just before boarding is receiving a lot of attention after the crash.

Israel has invaded the Gaza strip, escalating a 10-day military campaign against Gaza's Hamas rulers. Another 18,000 reserve soldiers are on standby.

One local terrorism expert says what happened Thursday sets a terrible precedent within the Ukraine/Russia conflict.