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In this Feb. 22, 2017 photo, U.N. peacekeepers from Brazil patrol the Cite Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They faced no greater threat than a few barking dogs along some of the same streets where pitched gun battles between gangs and U.N. peacekeepers used to be a daily occurrence. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Correction: Haiti-Peacekeeper Pullout story

By DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, centre, walks inside the UN compound during his visit to Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday , March 7, 2017. Guterres is conducting high level talks including with Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, to start of what he calls an emergency visit to highlight the country's famine crisis. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

‘A nightmare:’ UN chief urges help for Somalia hunger crisis

By KHALED KAZZIHA - Associated Press

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, centre, walks inside the U.N. compound during his visit to Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday , March 7, 2017. Guterres is conducting high level talks including with Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, to start of what he calls an emergency visit to highlight the country's famine crisis. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Antonio Guterres, U.N. chief, in Somalia on emergency visit to focus on famine

By Khaled Kazziha - Associated Press

In this photo taken Wednesday, March 1, 2017, Lulu Yurdio, 12, collects food aid for himself and his two siblings and parents who remain hiding in the bush, in Padeah, South Sudan. South Sudanese who fled famine and fighting in Leer county emerged from South Sudan's swamps after months in hiding to receive food aid being distributed by the World Food Program. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

South Sudan blocks desperately needed aid, say UN officials

By JUSTIN LYNCH - Associated Press

South Korea army soldiers install a tent in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, March 6, 2017. North Korea on Monday fired four banned ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), with three of them landing in Japan's exclusive economic zone, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in an apparent reaction to huge military drills by Washington and Seoul that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Missile tests add pressure on Trump over North Korea

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

UN report shows North Korea using Africa to slip sanctions

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

In this Feb. 19, 2017, photo provided by Paektu Cultural Exchange, Japanese sushi chef Kenji Fujimoto works behind the counter of his new restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea. Fujimoto, a Japanese chef famous for working for North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il, has returned to Pyongyang and opened the sushi restaurant. (Paektu Cultural Exchange via AP)

Sushi in Pyongyang: Japanese chef opens rare restaurant

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FILE - In this May 17, 2016, file photo, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, speaks at a news conference at U.N. headquarters. Tauli-Corpuz, who recently visited North Dakota in the wake of months of protests over the Dakota Access pipeline, says the concerns and rights of Native Americans haven't been adequately addressed. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

UN official: Tribe not properly heard in pipeline dispute

By BLAKE NICHOLSON - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017 frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, Syrian forces take up positions during fighting between Government forces and Islamic State group militants in the ancient city of Palmyra, near Homs, Syria. Syrian state media says government forces have reached the edge of Palmyra and are poised to reclaim the historic town from the Islamic State group. Arabic reads, &quot;Central Military Media, Homs, Syria.&quot; (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

The Latest: Geneva talks to focus on Syria transition Friday

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In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, two South Sudanese refugee boys carrying their belongings arrive at a refugee collection center in Palorinya, Uganda. More than 100,000 people have fled a single county in South Sudan in just three months as civil war continues amid warnings of genocide, and the surge of more than half a million South Sudanese refugees into Uganda since July has created Africa's largest refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Justin Lynch)

As South Sudan refugee flood continues, so do tales of abuse

By JUSTIN LYNCH - Associated Press

Russia and China veto new UN sanctions on Syria

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Haley nominates former Gov. Beasley for UN food program

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In this photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, Malian troops join with former rebels during a joint patrol in Gao, Mali. Malian soldiers and former Tuareg rebels have staged their first joint patrol in northern Mali, a key step in a 2015 peace agreement meant to help calm a region under threat from multiple extremist and other armed groups. As helicopters with the U.N. peacekeeping mission hovered overhead last week, 50 men in distinctive blue turbans started to patrol the city of Gao, a target of attacks by Islamic extremists including one in January that killed 54. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Tuareg rebels join Mali army in operation against extremists

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sunday, Feb. 26, an 11-year-old Syrian refugee girl poses for a biometric iris scan in an interview room of the U.N. refugee agency in Amman, the first step in what are typically two years of interviews and background checks ahead of possible resettlement to the West, including the United States. The refugee agency says it has been working closely with Washington to make the resettlement program one of the most closely scrutinized ways of entering the United States _ even as the Trump administration tries to suspend admissions to scale up to what it calls “extreme vetting&quot;. (AP Photo/Karin Laub)

UN defends refugee vetting as Trump mulls revised entry ban

By KARIN LAUB - Associated Press

UN condemns NKorea’s provocative attempts to evade sanctions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A North Korean flag waves at North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. According to police Friday, forensics stated that the banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent was used to kill Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean ruler's outcast half brother who was poisoned last week at the airport. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)

AP Analysis: Will China be North Korea’s Trump card?

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, right, attends a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with Syrian government delegation at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (Pierre Albouy/Pool Photo via AP)

Deadly insurgent attack in Homs weighs on UN-led Syria talks

By JAMEY KEATEN and DOMINIQUE SOGUEL - Associated Press

The Latest: Syrian opposition hints govt behind Homs attack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this picture taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Syrian refugee girls attend a basketball training session at a private sports club, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Every Sunday the gymnasium in Beirut echoes with the shouting and laughter of dozens of children, mostly Syrian refugees enjoying a rare escape from a grim and cloistered life in exile. The Sport 4 Development program, run by the U.N. children's agency, aims to bring 12,000 children, mostly Syrian refugees, to blacktops and turf pitches this year to teach the basics of soccer and basketball, and to ease the pain of war and displacement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

In Lebanon gyms, playtime and escape for Syrian children

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

North Korean state media say China dancing to US tune

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press