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**FILE** This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Fadi Kerkoz mourning next to a body of his brother Shadi Kerkoz, who was killed in a battle against Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, on June 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

Syrian rebels slam Russia’s blocking U.N. critique of Assad regime

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

M. Ryder

LYONS: The right response to North Korea

By James A. Lyons

**FILE** Secretary of State John F. Kerry (Associated Press)

Kerry: Response to North Korea will send Iran a message

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

** FILE ** Women in Tokyo read copies of an extra edition of a Japanese newspaper reporting North Korea's nuclear test on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Obama calls North Korean nuclear test ‘highly provocative’

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

On a large television screen in front of Pyongyang's railway station, a North Korean state television broadcaster announces the news that North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. North Korea conducted a nuclear test at an underground site in the remote northeast Tuesday, taking an important step toward its goal of building a bomb small enough to be fitted on a missile that could reach United States. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

U.N. Security Council to hold emergency meeting on North Korea’s nuclear test

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at a banquet for rocket scientists in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in this image made from video. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)

North Korean leader Kim vows strong action

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

** FILE ** Construction is underway at a site in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Sholmo on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (Associated Press)

Netanyahu vows more Israeli construction in east Jerusalem

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

South Koreans at Seoul Station in the nation's capital watch a TV news report on the launch of an Unha rocket from Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. The launch by North Korea of the long-range rocket came only days before South Korean presidential elections. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

White House condemns North Korean rocket launch

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

North Korean youths in traditional Korean outfit play instruments in front of the Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 12, 2012, to celebrate a rocket launch. North Korea appeared to successfully fire a long-range rocket, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un pushes forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead. (Associated Press)

U.S.: N. Korea missile launch is ‘provocative act’

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

**FILE** The United Nations headquarters in New York

Palestinians urge U.N. action on Israeli settlements

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Erdogan’s Turkey no U.S. ally

The Washington Times

Lakhdar Brahimi (center), the U.N.-Arab League joint special representative for Syria, arrives for closed-door consultations on Syria at the United Nations on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/David Karp)

U.N. envoy: Syria war is threatening the region

By David Stringer and Ron DePasquale - Associated Press

Three cars that were hit by bombs as they carried Iranian scientists are displayed outside a conference hall hosting the meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran opens nonaligned summit with nuclear appeals

Associated Press

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria, meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, July 9, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

U.N. vote on Syria delayed until Thursday

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks about the situation in Syria during a news conference Thursday at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. (Associated Press)

U.N. chief urges council action after new attack

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Illustration by U.N. Exit Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

TAUBE: Exit strategy from the United Nations

By Michael Taube

House panel probes UN agency’s tech shipments

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

The flags of NATO member countries fly outside the alliance's headquarters in Brussels in June 2007. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Turkey jet crisis unlikely to pull NATO into Syria

By Slobodan Lekic and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network taken Saturday purports to show the bodies of a man and a girl on the hood of a United Nations observer vehicle following a Syrian government assault on Houla, Syria. The Syrian government denied Sunday its troops were behind the attack in which at least 108 people were killed. (Shaam News Networks via Associated Press)

Diplomats from Syria expelled by U.S., allies

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Vehicles transporting North Korean missiles on display over the weekend were made or designed by China, analysts say. Meanwhile, a propaganda billboard in Pyongyang translates as "Let's raise the spirits of winners and build a strong and prosperous nation!" North Korea has yet to launch a multistage missile successfully. (Associated Press)

Chinese mark on N. Korean military

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times