John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has called off his plan to visit South Korea next week, government officials said Thursday.

Chile and Peru on Wednesday signed an agreement to exchange information on social policy and create a two-nation Social Integration Council, the Chilean government said.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul- Gheit on Wednesday called on Somali interim government and the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) to show self-restraint and avoid more military confrontations, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday said the movement to amend the Constitution would continue despite the Supreme Court decision on Wednesday dismissing the petition for a people's initiative.

A spokesman for Germany's Defense Ministry confirmed on Wednesday an incident on Tuesday in which six Israeli F-16 jets flew very low over a German naval vessel patrolling the Lebanon coast.

Commander of Australian troops in the Middle East Mick Moon has said Australian troops could withdraw within 18 months but Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Thursday the government has not set a timetable.

Egypt on Wednesday arrested two Israelis in Taba area in the Sinai Peninsula as they crossed the borders into Egypt, the official news agency MENA reported.

Israel's interior security service Shin Bet revealed on Wednesday that it had thwarted early this week an attempt to smuggle explosives from the Gaza Strip into the West Bank via the Karni crossing, local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

-Kuwaiti army Wednesday asserted in a statement that it would not participate in any military action that provokes neighboring countries, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that the UN Security Council should adopt a resolution immediately to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.