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U.S. soldiers (left) participate in a training mission with Iraqi army soldiers outside Baghdad on May 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

The Latest: New Zealand makes donation for Mosul victims

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, center left, walks with Haiti's Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles after arriving at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. Ban Ki-moon arrived to see firsthand a sliver of the extensive damage and destruction left by Hurricane Matthew. (AP Photo/Ben Finley)

UN chief in Haiti gets glimpse of Matthew’s destruction

By DAVID McFADDEN and BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General-designate, Antonio Guterres, right, speaks during his first news conference after a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly confirming his appointment, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Obama pledges ‘full support’ for Antonio Guterres, new U.N. secretary-general

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on Hurricane Matthew by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency

Hillary Clinton taking advantage of Hurricane Matthew

By Tom Harris

Comic character Wonder Woman to be named UN ambassador

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UN: Haiti faces ‘humanitarian tragedy’ and acute emergency

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South Sudan undermines deal to send more peacekeepers: UN

By JUSTIN LYNCH - Associated Press

Antonio Guterres Associated Press photo

Antonio Guterres must improve management record to succeed at U.N.

By Brett D. Schaefer

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who famously tried to institute a virtual "Big Gulp" ban on the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces, only to be blocked by the state's highest court, praised the world body's call for higher taxes from governments around the world. (Associated Press)

U.N. agency pushes global soda taxes to curb obesity, fight disease

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Illustration on the obstacles to peace in Colombia by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The problem with processed peace

By Clifford D. May

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gestures before addressing members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke to the European Parliament ahead of a historic vote on the Paris climate accord. Final support from Europe will give the pact sufficient global support for it to enter into force around the world. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

U.N. chief says death penalty for terrorism often unfair

By MICHAEL ASTOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2016, file frame from video provided by Vayu, Inc., residents from Ranomafana, Madagascar, watch before a drone containing medical samples takes off on a test flight from their remote village, which can only be reached on foot. Off Africa’s eastern coast in Madagascar, U.S. company Vayu completed drone flights to deliver blood and stool samples from rural villages, with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development. (Stony Brook University/Vayu Inc. via AP, File)

Drones carrying medicines, blood face top challenge: Africa

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, OCT. 8 - In this Monday Sept 19, 2016 photo, Natalie Brown visits her home in Omaha, Neb. Brown, a 1985 Omaha Central graduate, has been a State Department foreign officer since 1990. (Kent Sievers/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

Diplomat from Omaha embracing new role in Eritrea

By MICHAEL KELLY - Associated Press

Japanese defense minister in South Sudan over peacekeepers

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Men with Yemen's flag painted on their faces, attend a ceremony to commemorate the 26th anniversary of Yemen's reunification, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, May 22, 2016. South and North Yemen were independent states until unification in 1990. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

UN: Yemeni officials indicate over 140 killed in airstrike

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Russia on Tuesday argued strongly against Turkey's demand to keep a leading Kurdish group out of Syria's peace talks, and said it expects the U.N. envoy to resist what he called &quot;blackmail&quot; by Turkey and others, reflecting sharp differences that remain ahead of the scheduled talks. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia faces Security Council showdown Saturday over Syria

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Russia on Tuesday argued strongly against Turkey's demand to keep a leading Kurdish group out of Syria's peace talks, and said it expects the U.N. envoy to resist what he called &quot;blackmail&quot; by Turkey and others, reflecting sharp differences that remain ahead of the scheduled talks. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

The Latest: Russia floats rival UN resolution on Syria

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In the face of a concerted lobbying effort to name a woman to the post, the U.N. Security Council Wednesday voted without dissent to make former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, the world body's top official dealing with refugees for the past decade, the next secretary-general. (Associated Press)

United Nations’ failure to pick a woman for secretary general an ‘outrage,’ says feminist group

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times