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People watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. After years of refusal, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is willing to discuss the fate of his atomic arsenal with the United States and has expressed a readiness to suspend nuclear and missile tests during such talks, a senior South Korean official said Tuesday. Korean letters read: &quot;Positive evaluation for denuclearization of North Korea.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

AP Explains: What to make of N. Korean offer for nuke talks

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Kim Jong-un mistaken if he thinks he can play Trump

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

This photo released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a member of the Syrian Civil Defense group searching for victims under the rubble of a destroyed building after airstrikes and shelling hit in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March. 7, 2018. Government forces carried out punishing airstrikes against an opposition-held suburb of Damascus, seeking to divide the besieged enclave in two and further squeeze rebels and tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside, state-run media and opposition activists reported. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

The Latest: UN repeats call for Syria cease-fire

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In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

The Latest: UN chief encouraged by Koreas’ agreement to meet

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This photo released by the Syrian Red Crescent shows a convoy of vehicles of the Syrian Red Crescent arriving to Douma, eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 5, 2018. Desperate for food and medicine, Syrian civilians in the war-ravaged eastern suburbs of Damascus hoped for relief Monday as a 46-truck aid convoy began entering the rebel stronghold, the first such shipment in months. (Syrian Red Crescent via AP)

The Latest: UN chief urges Syria parties to begin cease-fire

Associated Press

Coalition: Israel, Myanmar must go on children’s blacklist

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, meets with Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, Monday, March 5, 2018, at U.N. headquarters. Bloomberg has been named Special Envoy for Climate Action. (Eskinder Debebe/U.N. via AP)

Bloomberg: Trump will be ‘great’ if he accepts climate deal

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

This photo provided by the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, speaks with reporters, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, March 4, 2018. Assad vowed Sunday to continue with a military offensive in a rebel-held region near the capital, as troops and allied militias captured a number of villages and towns in the besieged region, in their largest advance since a wide-scale operation began last month. (Syrian Presidency Facebook Page via AP)

Aid convoy enters besieged rebel-held Damascus suburbs

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

This photo released by the Syrian Red Crescent shows a convoy of vehicles of the Syrian Red Crescent arriving to Douma, eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 5, 2018. Desperate for food and medicine, Syrian civilians in the war-ravaged eastern suburbs of Damascus hoped for relief Monday as a 46-truck aid convoy began entering the rebel stronghold, the first such shipment in months. (Syrian Red Crescent via AP)

UN begins aid delivery to rebel-held suburbs of Damascus

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

UN probe blames ADF rebels in Congo for peacekeeper attacks

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

US determines North Korea used chemical weapons

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

The Latest: UN chief condemns terror attacks in Burkina Faso

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

4 UN peacekeepers killed in central Mali

Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided Nov. 24, 2017, by the Syrian insurgent group Failaq al-Rahman, shows fighters with Failaq al-Rahman firing their weapons during clashes with government forces in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus. Many of the fighters entrenched in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta are originally from the area and move around using an elaborate network of underground tunnels, giving them an advantage against President Bashar Assad's forces and their allies. (Failaq al-Rahman, via AP)

Thousands of well-armed rebel fighters are in Syria’s Ghouta

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Ex-assistant to Chinese billionaire gets 7 months in prison

Associated Press

In this Dec. 23, 2017, photo distributed on Dec. 24, 2017, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un addresses the conference of cell chairpersons of the ruling party in Pyongyang. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) ** FILE **

North Korea sent banned items to Syria, Myanmar, U.N. finds

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Nikki Haley, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a joint press conference with Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez, not in picture, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. Haley said Hernandez should increase efforts to establish a dialogue with opposition leaders who claim he stole the November elections. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

Nikki Haley and the U.N. cesspool

By Renee Garfinkel

This photo released on Saturday, Feb 24, 2018, by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group carrying a young man who was wounded during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces, in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. A new wave of airstrikes and shelling on eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus left at least 22 people dead and more than a dozen wounded Saturday, raising the death toll of a week of bombing in the area to nearly 500, including scores of women and children. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

The Latest: DM: Putin orders daily pauses in Syria’s Ghouta

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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses his statement, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Still no cease-fire in Syrian enclave; Russia orders a pause

By SARAH EL DEEB and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

This photo released on Saturday, Feb 24, 2018, by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group carrying a young man who was wounded during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces, in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. A new wave of airstrikes and shelling on eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus left at least 22 people dead and more than a dozen wounded Saturday, raising the death toll of a week of bombing in the area to nearly 500, including scores of women and children. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Violence rages in Syria as U.N. calls to stop ‘hell on Earth’

By Bassem Mroue and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press