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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Senate of the Dominican Republic.

Israel continued airstrikes Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, a day after accepting a cease-fire plan and pausing its campaign, only to resume when the militant group Hamas rejected the pact.

A young girl waiting to cross into Egypt with her family cries at the Rafah Border Crossing in southern Gaza. Egypt has opened the crossing to allow injured Palestinians to receive treatment.

An airstrike destroyed an apartment building in eastern Ukraine Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and triggering new accusations of direct Russian involvement in Ukraine's ongoing battle against pro-Russian rebels.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to Washington three days of talks with Iran in Vienna, as Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called for extended negotiations if a deal with world powers is not achieved by the July 20 deadline.

Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Ján Kubiš.

The United States signed an agreement with Qatar on Monday to sell the Gulf Arab ally Apache attack helicopters and Patriot and Javelin air-defense systems valued at $11 billion.

South Korea's military says North Korea has fired artillery shells into an area near its maritime border.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and three European foreign ministers failed to achieve a breakthrough in nuclear talks with Iran’s foreign minister Sunday in Vienna. Working-level talks will continue, but the two sides remain far apart on central issues.

Two children stand in front of a house that police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Maghazi refugee camp in Center Gaza Strip.