GAZA (Reuters) – Israel launched air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding eight people, local residents and medics said.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon and U.N. official Shashi Tharoor received the most endorsements in the Security Council’s straw poll for the next U.N. secretary-general, diplomats said on Monday.

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Monday its test-firing of missiles this month was conducted in a “completely safe” way because it made sure ships and aircraft were not in the area before the launch.