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Israel and the Gaza Strip were calm Wednesday on the first full day of a new "open-ended" cease-fire.

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has pulled out of the U.N.-supervised audit of June's disputed runoff election.

WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin.

Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed two people in a wave of attacks that also included bombing two high-rise buildings.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says Iraq has made political progress that has generated greater support from the region and the world.

Vietnam is sending a special envoy to China to try to rebuild relations badly strained by conflict over Beijing's decision to deploy an oil rig in waters also claimed by Hanoi.

French President Francois Hollande has dissolved the government

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks on the telephone.

A new U.N. report points to a sharp increase in numbers of boat people mostly from Myanmar, also known as Burma, and Bangladesh. Activists fear a further surge of refugee boat people, especially ethnic Rohingya fleeing squalid refugee camps and persecution in Myanmar.