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In this May 16, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong Un may have been a surprise decision. But as he prepares to sit down with the North Korean leader next month, his team hopes to leave nothing to chance. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US has a daunting to-do list to get ready for NKorea summit

By CATHERINE LUCEY and ZEKE MILLER AND MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Polish President Andrzej Duda arrives to speak to reporters after presiding over a Security Council meeting, Thursday, May 17, 2018 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Polish leader calls for UN force for Russia-Ukraine border

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A Palestinian woman walks through black smoke from burning tires during a protest on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians are protesting near Gaza's border with Israel, as Israel prepared for the festive inauguration of a new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Israeli military sends aid to Gaza

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FILE - In this April 27, 2018 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. The two Koreas will hold a high-level meeting on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, to discuss setting up military and Red Cross talks aimed at reducing border tension and restarting reunions between families separated by the Korean War. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

North Korea threatens to cancel Trump-Kim summit over drills

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

The United Nations Security Council observes a moment of silence for those killed during the deadly violence along the Israel-Gaza border before a meeting to discuss the situation, Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

Calls for investigation, but no consensus at UN Gaza meeting

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

Chinese billionaire gets 4 years prison in UN bribery case

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

North Korea tells UN aviation group no more ICBM tests

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is greeted by senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chul, director of the United Front Department, which is responsible for North-South Korea affairs (left), and Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong, on his arrival in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Pompeo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il later and secured the release of three American prisoners ahead of a planned summit between Kim and President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Matthew Lee, Pool)

The Latest: Trump announces details of NKorea summit

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In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, file photo, a South Korean army soldier stands near the loudspeakers near the border area between South Korea and North Korea in Yeoncheon, South Korea. (Lim Tae-hoon/Newsis via AP, File)

2 Koreas dismantle propaganda loudspeakers at tense border

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 8, 2017 file photo, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at the U.N. in Nairobi, Kenya. The United Nations said Tuesday, May 1, 2018, it received 54 allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation in the first three months of 2018 involving the entire U.N. system and non-governmental groups implementing U.N. programs. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters Tuesday that &quot;combating this scourge, and helping and empowering those who have been scarred by these egregious acts, continue to be key priorities&quot; for Guterres. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi, File)

UN received 54 allegations of sexual misconduct in 3 months

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 30, 2015, Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS, Dr. Luiz Loures, during a meeting at Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) headquarters in Washington, U.S.A.. The U.N. agency that fights AIDS says that it's reopening a sexual harassment investigation against a top official Luiz Loures, saying additional allegations have emerged against him. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

UN’s AIDS agency reopens sex harassment case amid criticism

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Members of the U.N. Security Council team walk at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh, Sunday, April 29, 2018. The diplomats, promised Sunday to work hard to resolve a crisis involving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to the country to escape military-led violence in Myanmar. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Top-level UN team arrives in Myanmar for Rohingya probe

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from left, attend during a summit at Peace House of the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Friday, April 27, 2018. North Korean leader Kim made history by crossing over the world's most heavily armed border to greet South Korean President Moon for talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons. At right is Kim's sister Kim Yo Jong. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

The Latest: UN chief applauds ‘truly historic’ Koreas summit

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FILE - In this April 18, 2018 file photo, a U.S. soldier stands outside of the Peace House, the venue for the planned summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on April 27 during a press tour at the southern side of the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. The stakes will be high when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in sit down Friday, April 27, 2018 in the no man’s land that forms the world’s most heavily armed border. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Rival Koreas’ leaders face high stakes at historic summit

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

Soccer club Leeds to tour Myanmar amid ‘ethnic cleansing’

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This Monday, April 23, 2018 photo, Syrian refugee children play outside their family tents at a Syrian refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. A leading international rights group and the U.N.'s refugee agency say Lebanese authorities have been evicting Syrian refugees from towns and camps in Lebanon without any legal basis. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Seeking aid abroad, Lebanon uproots Syrian refugees

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

UN peacekeeper in S. Sudan accused of inappropriate touching

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People on a motorcycle pass a burning barricade during clashes near the University Politecnica de Nicaragua (UPOLI) in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, April 21, 2018. Nicaragua's government said on Saturday it is willing to negotiate over controversial social security reforms that have prompted protests and deadly clashes this week. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

U.N. joins Trump admin in slamming Nicaragua leftists

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

United Nations Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley arrives at The European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden, Friday, April 20, 2018. The annual informal working meeting with the UN Secretary-General and the Security Council will be held at Dag Hammarskojld's farm Backakra in Skane, southern Sweden on Saturday. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP)

Haley’s pushback draws fans, rattles White House

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo listens to questions from the media after a cherry blossom viewing party hosted by him at Shinjuku Gyoen national garden, in Tokyo Saturday, April 21, 2018. North Korea said Saturday it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site ahead of a new round of negotiations with South Korea and the United States. There was no clear indication in the North's announcement if it would be willing to deal away its arsenal. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

The Latest: US ambassador to UN hails NKorea nuke suspension

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