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In this file photo of Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, Dr. Riek Machar, then-vice president of the Government of South Sudan, presides over an all-southern-parties meeting in Juba, Sudan South. Sudan's rebel leader Machar has fled the country, a spokesman for his party said Thursday, Aug. 18. 2016. (AP Photo/Pete Muller-file)

Riek Machar, South Sudan ex-vice president, flees; fragile peace deal in limbo

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE--- In this file photo of Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar. Sudan's rebel leader Machar has fled the country, a spokesman for his party said Thursday Aug. 18. 2016 . The former First Vice President Riek Machar has gone to a safe country in the neighboring East African region, Mabior Garang, a spokesperson for the SPLM-IO party, said in a posting on Facebook..(Photo/Mulugeta Ayene-file)

South Sudan rebel leader has fled country, spokesman says

By JUSTIN LYNCH - Associated Press

Unexploded bombs extend Yemen war’s deadly toll

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

In this Monday, July 25, 2016, file photo, some of the more than 30,000 civilians, sheltering in a United Nations base in South Sudan's capital Juba for fear of targeted killings by government forces, walk by an armored vehicle and a watchtower manned by Chinese U.N. peacekeepers. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin, File) **FILE**

Rampaging South Sudan troops raped foreigners, killed local

By Jason Patinkin - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks a group of pastors at the Orlando Convention Center, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Climate change seen as hoax by growing numbers

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Good parenting has immeasurable value

By Thomas Walsh

Family welfare is ‘decisive for the future of the world’

By Archbishop Bernardito Auza

The most dramatic repudiation of the deal came Monday from Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, elected in November, who said that he "will not honor" the proposed restrictions on emissions, calling them "stupid" and citing his country's need for greater economic development and industrialization. (Associated Press)

Paris climate agreement: U.N. pushes fast-track ratification as countries get cold feet

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

At least 3000 displaced women, men and children gather to seek shelter in Juba, South Sudan at the UN compound in Tomping area, Monday, July 11, 2016. Heavy explosions are shaking South Sudan's capital Juba Monday morning as clashes between government and opposition forces entered their fifth day, witnesses say, pushing the country back toward civil war. (Beatrice Mategwa/UNMISS via AP)

Fighting rocks South Sudan capital for 5th day

By Charlton Doki and Jason Patinkin - Associated Press

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha won approval from the Constitutional Court to punish any campaigning before the referendum. (Associated Press)

Prayuth Chan-ocha bans discussion of Thailand draft constitution ahead of referendum

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Joseph Kabila (right), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the fourth meeting of the regional oversight mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region on Sept. 22, 2014 at the United Nations in New York City. (UN Photo/Amanda Voisard)

A fragile peace raises hope for Eastern Congo

By Tim Cashion

Iraqi security forces look at confiscated Islamic State group weapons and ammunition after regaining control over the last week, in Ramadi, Iraq's Anbar province, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Osama Sami) ** FILE **

Iraq probes human rights violations in Fallujah offensive

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and QASSSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, from left, attend the 20th anniversary celebration of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization, CTBTO, at the UN headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Monday, June 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

High-level meeting urges nuke test ban treaty ratification

By GEORGE JAHN - Associated Press

Mohamed Abdelaziz Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Remembering Mohamed Abdelaziz

By David Keene - The Washington Times

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a side event entitled: "Mayor&#8217;s Focus Session: Cities&#8217; Response to Migration" at the the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. World leaders and representatives of humanitarian organisations from across the globe gathered in Istanbul on May 23-24, 2016 for the first World Humanitarian Summit, focused on how to reform a system many judge broken. (Isa Terli/Pool Photo via AP)

EDITORIAL: Human rights and wrongs

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Destin Cramer, left, and Noah Rice place a new sticker on the door at the ceremonial opening of a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale high school Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in Seattle. President Obama's directive ordering schools to accommodate transgender students has been controversial in some places but since 2012 Seattle has mandated that transgender students be able to use of the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. Nearly half of the district's 15 high schools already have gender neutral bathrooms and one high school has had a transgender bathroom for 20 years. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Obama’s transgender hypocrisy

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times