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President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

The Art of the Walk? Summit collapse and Trump’s diplomacy

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in Ramat Gan, Israel. The attorney general's decision on whether to indict Netanyahu on a series of corruption allegations is expected to be delivered Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Avichai Mandelblit is expected to announce his decision after more than two years of intense investigations and deliberations. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

U.N. faults Israel over deadly 2018 crackdown on Gaza protests

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Geir Pedersen, The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, speaks during a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

UN envoy wants action on Syria’s missing, new constitution

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro raise their hands swearing allegiance to the fatherland during an &quot;anti-intervention&quot; march coinciding with the anniversary of the deadly 1989 social uprising against neoliberal measures known as the Caracazo, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

US seeks UN vote for new Venezuela election and needed aid

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, Nikki Haley speaks during the Hudson Institute's 2018 Award Gala in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen, File) ** FILE **

Nikki Haley nominated for board seat at Boeing

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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallstroem, right, attend the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Saudis, UAE lead way with new funds for Yemen sought by UN

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallstroem, right, attend the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

The Latest: Charity: More money for bombs than aid in Yemen

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Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido speaks in front of the warehouse housing U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela, in Cucuta, Colombia, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Juan Guaido: Foreign intervention to remove Nicolas Maduro needed

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers his statement, during the Conference on Disarmament, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

South Korea: More needed than just end to North Korea tests

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The Peace Palace, home of the International Court of Justice, in the Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. The United Nations' highest court will deliver a non-binding opinion on the legality of British sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, in the Indian Ocean some 2000 Km (1250 miles) south of Sri Lanka, the largest of which, Diego Garcia, has housed a strategically important U.S. military base since the 1970s. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

The Latest: Mauritius ruling a ‘tool’ for Cyprus on UK bases

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FILE - This undated file image distributed on Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. The success of the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinges largely on whether Kim proves he’s truly committed to denuclearization. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

AP Explains: How to verify North Korea’s nukes

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

UN says emergency decree will impact peace in Sudan’s Darfur

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Frenchman picked to head UN-backed climate fund

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In this Oct. 23, 2017, file photo, United States Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft speaks after presenting her credentials during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trump picks ambassador to Canada for UN post

By ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Youths wearing white T-shirts and Venezuelan flags hike through an unmarked trail between high bushes to sneak into Colombia, for the &quot;Venezuela Aid Live&quot; concert on the Colombian side of the border, in Palotal, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Venezuela's power struggle is set to become a battle of the bands Friday when musicians demanding President Nicolas Maduro allow in humanitarian aid and those supporting his refusal sing in rival concerts being held at both sides of a border bridge where tons of donated food and medicine are stored.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: Venezuela partially closes Colombian border

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UN says North Korea has asked for help on food shortages

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The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church choir sings while paying their respect, at a memorial dedicated to people who died in clashes with security forces at the Independent Square (Maidan) in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Ukrainians mark the fifth anniversary of the violent Maidan protests. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine’s president wants UN options for peace force in east

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands atop a building used as a temporary base near the last land still held by Islamic State militants in Baghouz, Syria, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Hundreds of Islamic State militants are surrounded in a tiny area in eastern Syria are refusing to surrender and are trying to negotiate an exit, Syrian activists and a person close to the negotiations said Monday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

U.N. concerned about some 200 families trapped in ISIS enclave

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Journalists, foreground, takes images at the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, where India is taking Pakistan to the United Nations' highest court in an attempt to save the life of an Indian naval officer sentenced to death last month by a Pakistani military court after being convicted of espionage. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Pakistan says India using UN court for ‘political theater’

By BY MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Indian Army's General Officer Commanding of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lt. Gen. K.J.S. Dhillon speaks during a joint press conference in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. A top Indian military official in disputed Kashmir on Tuesday accused the Pakistani army and its spy agency for involvement in the last week’s deadly car bombing. Dhillon told reporters in Srinagar, the main city of Indian-held Kashmir, that the leadership of Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group was “eliminated within 100 hours” of the Feb. 14 attack, linking the slain militants in Monday’s gunbattle to the attack. (AP Photo)

Pakistani PM willing to talk but warns India not to attack

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press