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U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during the Hudson Institute's 2018 Award Gala Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in New York. Haley received the Global Leadership Award for her contributions as a champion of human rights and strong American leadership abroad. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Nikki Haley won’t be running for president: ‘Truly, no one believes me’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

US intensifies opposition to UN global compact on migration

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington. President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Nauert to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Two administration officials confirmed Trump’s plans. A Republican congressional aide said the president was expected to announce his decision by tweet on Friday morning, Dec. 7, 2018. The officials were not authorized to speak publicly. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Latest: UN ambassador won’t be part of Cabinet

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington. Trump announced Friday he's nominating State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Heather Nauert likely to be quizzed on her diplomatic resume

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Guests arrive at the 'Spodek' multipurpose arena complex for the COP24 summit in Katowice , Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Trump administration touts fossil fuels at COP-24 U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

An exterior view of Johannesberg Castle, in Rimbo, 50km north of Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday Dec. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

Prisoner swap deal bolsters hopes of progress in Yemen talks

By DAVID KEYTON and BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, file photo, a worker looks at a chocolate factory destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen. Envoys from Yemen’s warring parties are headed to Sweden for another round of peace talks to stop the three-year-old war, but with few incentives to compromise, expectations are low for little more than improving a faltering de-escalation.(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

The Latest: UN official says Houthis blocking access to food

Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 28, 2015, file photo, Burundi riot police detain a man suspected of throwing stones during clashes in the Musaga district of Bujumbura, Burundi. The United Nations human rights office on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, said Burundi's government has asked it to leave, months after the outgoing U.N. rights chief called the country one of the &quot;most prolific slaughterhouses of humans in recent times.&quot; (AP Photo/Jerome Delay/File)

UN rights office: Burundi’s government has asked us to leave

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Don’t allow climate leeches

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Israeli military digger works on the border with Lebanon in the northern Israeli town of Metula, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The Israeli military launched an operation on Tuesday to &quot;expose and thwart&quot; tunnels built by the Hezbollah militant group it says stretch from Lebanon into northern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel calls for international response to Hezbollah tunnels

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Bertrand Piccard, Swiss pilot and Chairman of the Solar Impulse sun-powered aircraft company attends a press conference during the COP24 summit on climate change in Katowice, Poland, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The two-week meeting brings together diplomats and interested pressure groups from almost 200 countries to discuss the 2015 Paris Accord and other climate issues. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

The Latest: Swiss solar expert backs ideas to save planet

Associated Press

Palestinian women hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel on May 4, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

US fails to win UN condemnation of Hamas militants in Gaza

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Smoke billows from a chimney in IJmuiden, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The climate change conference, COP24, takes place in Katowice, Poland, from Dec. 2-14, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Splits deepen as UN climate talks near crunch time

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

In this Feb. 12, 2018, file photo, Saudi-led coalition backed forces patrol Mocha, Yemen. Envoys from Yemen’s warring parties are headed to Sweden for another round of peace talks to stop the three-year-old war, but with few incentives to compromise, expectations are low for little more than improving a faltering de-escalation.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Expectations low as Yemen’s warring parties meet for talks

By Brian Rohan - Associated Press

Hundred of migrants, who were blocked at a bus station, walk down a highway towards Turkey’s western border with Greece and Bulgaria, early Monday morning, Sept. 21, 2015, in Istanbul, Turkey. Hundreds of migrants were stopped Friday by Turkish law enforcement on a highway near the city of Edirne, causing a massive traffic jam. (AP Photo/Omer Kuscu) **FILE**

Bulgaria, Slovakia join U.S. in rejecting U.N. migration pact

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Smoke billows from a chimney in IJmuiden, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The climate change conference, COP24, takes place in Katowice, Poland, from Dec. 2-14, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The Latest: Carbon dioxide emissions see steep jump in 2018

Associated Press

Serbian U.N peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The Israeli military launched an operation on Tuesday to &quot;expose and thwart&quot; tunnels it says were built by the Hezbollah militant group that stretch from Lebanon into northern Israel. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Lebanon says Israel offered no proof of border tunnels

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

In this Dec. 1, 2018, file, photo released by the press office of the G20 Summit Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a plenary session on the second day of the G20 Leader's Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (G20 Press Office via AP, File) **FILE**

Turkey seeks arrest of 2 former aides to Saudi crown prince

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita arrives for a round table on Western Sahara at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec. 05, 2018. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

UN hosts meeting of regional envoys over Western Sahara

Associated Press

Arguments in UN-linked business bribery trial draw to close

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press