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US ambassador to the UN, Robert Wood, speaks at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, April 19, 2018. The U.S. ambassador says his country is maintaining a “maximum pressure campaign” to convince North Korea to denuclearize even as Washington prepares a summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Robert Wood, the top U.S. envoy to the U.N.-hosted Conference on Disarmament, says the U.S. believes the ongoing pressure campaign “has had an important impact in the North's decision to return to the table.” (AP Photo/Jamey Keaten)

The Latest: Anti-nuclear group backs US-NKorea talks

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A girl shops at a kiosk in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. The Arabic on the right reads, &quot;Regards Assad, God protect you Assad.&quot; (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

UN team fired on at suspected Syria chemical attack site

By PHILIP ISSA and MICHAEL CORDER - Associated Press

Syrians sit in front a shop with a shutter painted like the national flag, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. International inspectors have entered the Syrian town where an alleged chemical attack was carried out earlier this month, Syrian state media reported Tuesday, after they had waited for days in the capital for permission from Syrian and Russian authorities. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The Latest: UN says more security needed at Douma site

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People stand in front of damaged buildings, in the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 16, 2018. Faisal Mekdad, Syria’s deputy foreign minister, said on Monday that his country is &quot;fully ready&quot; to cooperate with the fact-finding mission from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that's in Syria to investigate the alleged chemical attack that triggered U.S.-led airstrikes. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Chemical weapons team in Syria kept from alleged attack site

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Turkey's Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli, right and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, stand during a welcome ceremony prior to their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, April 16, 2018. (Baris Oral, Pool Photo via AP) ** TURKEY OUT **

The Latest: Syrian TV: Air defense confront missiles in Homs

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian police units entering the town of Douma, site of a suspected chemical weapons attack and the last rebel town in the eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 14, 2018. The entry of government forces to Douma follows a Russian-mediated deal that secured the surrender and evacuation of the rebels and thousands of civilians from the town. (SANA via AP)

Certain of gas attack, allies struck Syria before UN report

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Explosions lit up the skies with anti-aircraft fire, over Damascus, the Syrian capital, as the U.S. launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, early Saturday, April 14, 2018. Syria's capital has been rocked by loud explosions that lit up the sky with heavy smoke as U.S. President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the country's alleged use of chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Trump claims success in Syria, but chemical weapons remain

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Syrian President Bashar Assad met Thursday in Damascus with Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Associated Press)

Inspectors head to site of suspected gas attack in Syria

By BASSEM MROUE and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Corpses displayed in protest in Central African Republic

By HIPPOLYTE MARBOUA - Associated Press

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya talks with Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari, during a Security Council meeting, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

The Latest: Russia officials: 3 journalists wounded in Syria

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FILE - This August 26, 2013, file image taken from amateur video posted online, shows a presumed UN staff member measuring and photographing a canister in the suburb of Moadamiyeh in Damascus, Syria. Chemical weapons have killed hundreds of people since the start of Syria's conflict, with the U.N. blaming four attacks on the Syrian government and a fourth on the Islamic State group. A suspected chemical weapons attack occurred over the weekend in the besieged rebel-held town of Douma that was subjected to a resumed government offensive for three days starting Saturday. (Media Office Of Moadamiyeh via AP, File) TV OUT

Timeline of chemical weapons attacks in Syria

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2018, file photo, a man watches a TV screen showing file footages of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. A Trump administration official said Sunday, April 8, that the United States has now &quot;confirmed that Kim Jong Un is willing to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.&quot; The official wasn't authorized to be quoted by name and demanded anonymity. The meeting could occur as early as May. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

US official says North Korean leader ready to discuss nukes

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - This image released early Sunday, April 8, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a rescue worker carrying a child following an alleged chemical weapons attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. Syrian rescuers and medics say a poison gas attack on Douma has killed at least 40 people. The Syrian government denied the allegations, which could not be independently verified. The alleged attack in the town of Douma occurred Saturday night amid a resumed offensive by Syrian government forces after the collapse of a truce. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

The Latest: UN seeks way to address chemical arms in Syria

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This image released early Sunday, April 8, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a child receiving oxygen through respirators following an alleged poison gas attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. Syrian rescuers and medics said the attack on Douma killed at least 40 people. The Syrian government denied the allegations, which could not be independently verified. The alleged attack in Douma occurred Saturday night amid a resumed offensive by Syrian government forces after the collapse of a truce. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Tensions rachet up as Israel blamed for Syria missile strike

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

This image released early Sunday, April 8, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a child receiving oxygen through respirators following an alleged poison gas attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. Syrian rescuers and medics said the attack on Douma killed at least 40 people. The Syrian government denied the allegations, which could not be independently verified. The alleged attack in Douma occurred Saturday night amid a resumed offensive by Syrian government forces after the collapse of a truce. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Donald Trump condemns Syria for ‘atrocious’ chemical weapons attack

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

North Korea tells US that Kim Jong Un ready to discuss nukes

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia holds up a copy of &quot;Alice's Adventures in Wonderland&quot; as he speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation between Britain and Russia Thursday, April 5, 2018, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Russia says Britain is ‘playing with fire’ in spy case

By Edith M. Lederer and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, July 31, 2003 file photo, Ahmed Boukhari, representative of the Polisario Front rebel movement, speaks to the media after the United Nations Security Council meeting. The head of the Polisario Front movement that seeks independence for the disputed Western Sahara says the group’s representative to the United Nations has died after a long illness. Algeria's official APS news agency published a Polisario Front statement Wednesday, April 4, 2018 saying senior leader Ahmed Boukhari died Tuesday in Spain. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, file)

Morocco warns it may act against Polisario in Western Sahara

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Friday April 21, 2017, image the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are seen in The Hague, Netherlands. The OPCW is holding a special executive council meeting Wednesday April 4, 2018, which will likely discuss the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter last month. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Russia loses vote to join spy poisoning probe; next stop UN

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

1 UN peacekeeper killed, 11 hurt in Central African Republic

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press