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In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a meeting with top envoys from the separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, Vladislav Deinego of the Luhansk People's Republic and Sergei Peresada, of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russia recognized the regions as independent states and then pointed at their request for military assistance to invade Ukraine. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Diplomats in Geneva walk out on speech by Russian foreign minister over Ukraine invasion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this image provided by The White House, President Joe Biden speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone from his private residence in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021.

Biden, Putin hold call as tensions mount over Ukraine crisis

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrive to meet at the 'Villa la Grange', Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Geneva Summit: Low expectations, modest results, glimmers of hope

By Edward Lozansky

President Joe Biden speaks about reaching 300 million COVID-19 vaccination shots, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Looking past Geneva’s nuclear talks

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after his meeting with U.S President Joe Biden at the 'Villa la Grange' in Geneva, Switzerland in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Putin outpoints Biden in taking on the global press corps

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Muslims perform Friday prayers during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a Grand mosque in N'Djamena, Chad, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Hundreds arrested after anti-government protests in Chad

By KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

An abandoned Turkish military guard post, at top background in the north Turkish occupied area, and a blocked road with barrels in the Greek Cypriot south, in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, April 26, 2021. U.N. chief Antonio Guterres will host an informal gathering this week in Geneva for the rival Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders. The foreign ministers of ethnically split Cyprus' ‘guarantors’ — Greece, Turkey and former colonial ruler Britain — will also be there in hopes of getting the two sides to embark on a fresh round of formal reunification talks. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

UN chief launches Cyprus talks, joined by Greece, Turkey, UK

By JAMEY KEATEN and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Forgery trial of Olympic powerbroker now set for August

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Health ministry workers check the temperature of mask-wearing fans as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, before entering the stadium prior to the start of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying soccer match between Haiti and Belize in Port-au-prince, Haiti, Thursday, March 25, 2021. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

A year after pandemic hit, Haiti awaits vaccines amid apathy

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 file photo, Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), speaks during a meeting of the Association of National Olympic Committees, in Washington. Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah will go on trial in Switzerland this month accused of forgery in a case linked to political rivalry in Kuwait’s royal family. Lawyers for the sheikh say he will attend the hearing listed by a criminal court in Geneva to run from Feb. 22-26, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Olympic ‘kingmaker’ faces 5-day forgery trial in Swiss court

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

New round of talks on Syria’s constitution begins in Geneva

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Israeli businessman and diamond-magnate, Beny Steinmetz, arrives to Geneva's courthouse for the reading of his verdict for alleged corruption of Guinean public officials and forgery documents, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Israeli diamond tycoon convicted in Swiss corruption trial

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2020 file photo, Stephanie Williams, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission speaks during a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia. Williams said Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, an advisory committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum agreed on a recommended mechanism for choosing a transitional government that would lead the conflict-stricken country to elections late this year. (AP Photo/Walid Haddad, File)

UN says breakthrough achieved in Libya transition talks

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Israeli business man Beny Steinmetz, left, and his lawyer Marc Bonnant, right, arrive to a courthouse in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz goes on trial in Geneva on charges of corruption and forging documents in connection with $10 million in bribes allegedly paid to a former wife of late Guinea President Lansana Conte. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Israeli tycoon in Swiss court over alleged bribes in Guinea

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Ethiopian refugees gather n Qadarif region, easter Sudan, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Thousands of Ethiopians fled the war in Tigray region into Sudan. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Ethiopia’s PM vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

Explosions are seen behind the mountains during a military conflict outside Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The Azerbaijani army has closed in on a key town in the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh following more than a month of intense fighting. (AP Photo)

Nagorno-Karabakh talks held amid Azerbaijan’s offensive

By AVET DEMOURIAN - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, flames rise from a gas pipeline that hit by an explosion, between the northeastern Damascus suburbs of Adra and Dumair, in Syria Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. An explosion early on Monday struck a gas pipeline in a Damascus suburb, cutting electricity throughout Syria, state media reported, citing the country's electricity and oil ministers. (SANA via AP)

Blast hits pipeline in Syria, causing wide power outages

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

The Syrian Constitutional Committee Co-Chair Hadi al-Bahra, left, wearing face mask as precaution against the spread of the coronavirus as he leaves the building following the announcement of the suspension of the conference due to cases of Covid-19, affecting members of one of the delegations, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UN Syria talks paused after 3 envoys test positive for virus

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This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians in a pickup with their belongings, as they flee fighting in the villages of Jabal al-Zawiya, Syria, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Syrian activists and a war monitoring group say that dozens of suspected Russian airstrikes have pounded villages on the edge of the last rebel enclave in northwestern Syria, sending thousands of civilians fleeing. The escalation began on Monday and is the most serious breach of a Russia-Turkey brokered cease-fire in place since March. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

UN: Committee drafting new Syria constitution meets Aug. 24

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, Claudia Patricia Diaz Guillen, the former nurse of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, leaves the national court in Madrid, Spain, where she fought and won a case of extradition at Venezuela's request for alleged money laundering. It was 2014 when Diaz, then Venezuela's former treasurer, was looking for a safe haven to store the unexplained wealth she had accumulated over the years, and allegedly turned to one of the oldest ways of moving vast sums of money anonymously: buying gold. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Gold in secret vault is traced to Hugo Chávez’s former nurse

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press