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In this Oct. 26, 2015, file photo, Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng, left, leaves federal court with his attorney Ben Brafman after he was released on bail in connection with a U.N. bribery scheme in New York. Assistant U.S. Attorney Janis Echenberg told a jury during his trial's closing arguments Tuesday, July 25, 2017, that Ng wanted to build a center in Macau that would rival U.N. headquarters in New York in size. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Chinese billionaire convicted in United Nations bribery case

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

UN-backed panel adopts draft treaty banning nuclear weapons

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Congenial collaboration brought tangible results

By Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

Non-nuclear states advance push for UN treaty to ban nukes

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

United States President Barack Obama speaks during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

The Latest: Kosovo blames other nations for radicalization

Associated Press

Somalia's Foreign Minister Abdusalam Hadliyeh Omer addresses the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

The Latest: Somalia says al-Shabab is defeated militarily

Associated Press

United States President Barack Obama speaks during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

The Latest: SSudan official: We don’t need more peacekeepers

Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Associated Press) **FILE**

KANG: Legitimacy and justice on the Korean peninsula

By Grace Kang

President Hassan Rouhani of Iran addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani: Extremists want to destroy civilization

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Lost Gun Rights Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LYONS: Small-arms treaty, big Second Amendment threat

By James A. Lyons

A tank maneuvers near a former Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, outside Simferopol, Crimea, March 27, 2014. Russia last week completed the annexation of Crimea following a referendum in which an overwhelming number of residents voted to break off from Ukraine and join Russia. The vote, rejected by Ukraine and the West, was hastily called after Russian forces had overtaken the peninsula.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Ukraine’s top security official: Individual sanctions in Russia not enough

By Stephen Dinan and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Crimea incursion evidence of U.N. impotence

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama gestures during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday, May 13, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where they talked about subjects ranging from Syria's civil war to preparations for a coming summit in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama: Benghazi cover-up charges a partisan ‘sideshow’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Palestinian supporters of Hamas wave flags during a rally in the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the militant group. (Associated Press)

Diplomat: Palestinians to oppose Israeli settlements

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press about the Palestinian bid to the U.N. during a visit to an exhibition marking 35 years since Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

PRUDEN: The peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians to nowhere good

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Illustration: U.N. gun grabbing by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Gun ban back on Obama’s agenda

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

World Briefs: Former Italian leader names envoy to Sahel

By The WASHINGTON TIMES

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks Sept. 25, 2012, at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. (Associated Press)

Morsi: Won’t rest until Syrian war ends

By Diaa Hadid - Associated Press

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. (AP Photo)

Muslim-led nations seek global ban on insults of Muhammad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times