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UN chief accuses South Sudan’s government of ignoring famine

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a news conference after consultations of the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US rejects China’s call to halt drills if NKorea stops tests

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 6, 2016 file photo, Britain's deputy U.N. ambassador, Peter Wilson, addresses the press before attending a Security Council meeting on North Korea, at U.N. headquarters. Nations urging the U.N. to ban helicopter sales to Syria and impose other sanctions over chemical weapons attacks are pressing toward a vote shortly. But Russia is vowing a veto. Wilson, said after a closed-door Security Council meeting Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, that a vote will come &quot;as soon as possible.&quot; (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

UN Syria sanctions vote sought next week; Russia vows veto

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, file photo, Russia's Ambassador to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin addresses a Security Council meeting at the United Nations. Russian officials said their ambassador to United Nations, Churkin, has died in New York City on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

More tests needed on Russian UN ambassador’s cause of death

By JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

This May 17, 2016, file photo shows construction on land owned by Palestinian Mohammad Abu Ta'a, in east Jerusalem. Abu Ta'a discovered some years ago that the Israeli government had expropriated the piece of land in Jerusalem belonging to his family and handed it over to a leading organization that oversees Jewish settlement building in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) ** FILE **

U.S. rebukes Israel and allows U.N. condemnation of settlements

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

UN Security Council rejects arms embargo on South Sudan

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Twitter on Wednesday night to call on the U.S. to "veto the anti-Israel resolution." (Associated Press)

Trump, Netanyahu press Obama to veto U.N.’s Jewish settlement vote before postponement

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala. Trump is poised to meet with his incoming national security adviser on Wednesday, Dec. 20, in the aftermath of a rattling day of violence around the world. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump sides with Israel against U.N. resolution, calls for veto of anti-settlement demand

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Britain and France seek to punish Syria over chem weapons

By MICHAEL ASTOR - Associated Press

Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks to the media at United Nations headquarters Friday, July 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Boris Johnson calls for UN help destroying Libya chemicals

By MICHAEL ASTOR - Associated Press

NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR THREAT: China also seeks denuclearization of Korean Peninsula

By Wang Yi

Members of the Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters, Monday, July 20, 2015. The U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers and adopted a series of measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions that have hurt the Iranian economy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

U.N. endorses Iran nuclear deal with 6 world powers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 30, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

STEVEN ROSEN: Picking another fight with Israel

By Steven Rosen

FILE - In this Sunday, April 12, 2015 file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a ceremony to commemorate the late Khadijeh Saghafi, wife of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani has dismissed pressure from the U.S. Congress over a preliminary deal on Iran's nuclear program, saying that Tehran is dealing with world powers not American lawmakers. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

CLARE LOPEZ: How the Iran lobby sidetracked the nuclear talks: part 2

By Clare Lopez

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Fatah revolutionary council in the West Bank city of Ramallah in this Oct. 18, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinians want leverage on Israel in international court

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Illustration on continuing political and existential threats to Israel by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

STEVEN ROSEN: Real U.S.-Israel crisis lies ahead

By Steven J. Rosen

Houthi Shiite Yemenis wearing army uniforms ride in a pickup while patrolling in a street near Republican Palace, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

U.N. Security Council OKs resolution against Yemen rebels

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

This undated file image posted on a militant website Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching through Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

New sanctions proposed for Islamic State group oil trading

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

U.S. President Barack Obama chairs a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at United Nations headquarters in this Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, file photo. An angry North Korea, now on the defensive over a U.S. accusation of hacking, is refusing to take part in a groundbreaking U.N. Security Council meeting Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, where the country's bleak human rights situation will be discussed for the first time. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

North Korea skipping U.N. Security Council meeting

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

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KIM HOLMES: Uncomfortable truths: Explaining away Iraq’s real WMD

By Kim R. Holmes