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Behind the scenes, the White House is embracing a strategy that would leave the Syria President Bashar Assad in place as the world unites against a greater immediate threat from Islamic State terrorists. (Associated Press)

Obama yields to Russia and Iran, puts Bashar Assad ouster on back burner

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Turkey acted contrary to its own interests by downing a Russian warplane. (Associated Press/File)

Russia calling the shots as nations lock down Syria plan

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

CAL THOMAS: The hot air pollutes Paris

By Cal Thomas

Rep. Edward R. Royce, California Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ed Royce: Obama ‘whitewashing’ Iran bomb-making program

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. (Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP)

UN chief recommends stepped-up UN presence in Burundi

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Front page of The Palestine Post

W. SCOTT LAMB: Carmen Fowler LaBerge: When peace is in your hopes but not on your calendar

By W. Scott Lamb

People stand behind a police barricade outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. Malian security forces were hunting "more than three" suspects after a brazen assault on a luxury hotel in the capital that killed 20 people plus two assailants, an army commander said Saturday. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ** FILE **

Mali mortar attack on U.N. base kills 3, injures 20

By Carley Petesch - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses the U.N. Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters, in the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Ban Ki-moon eyes North Korea trip ‘at earliest possible date’

By Meghan Bartlett - The Washington Times

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the U.N. Academic Impact Seoul Forum in Seoul on May 20, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ban Ki-moon will not visit North Korea

By Meghan Bartlett - The Washington Times

Illustration on school choice and the virtues of Catholic schools by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

WILTON GREGORY, JIM KELLY: The human right to school choice

By Wilton D. Gregory and Jim Kelly

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives for the G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. The 2015 G-20 Leaders Summit is held near the Turkish Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya on Nov. 15-16, 2015. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Ban Ki-Moon visit to Pyongyang unconfirmed

By Meghan Bartlett - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. (Associated Press)

Ban Ki-moon, U.N. chief, to visit North Korea, may meet with Kim Jong-un: report

Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hand with Syria's President Bashar Assad in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia proposes roadmap for peace in Syria

By Barbara Boland

Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Russia calls for a new Syrian constitution in 18 months

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Illustration on the U.N.'s 70th anniversary by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

CLIFFORD MAY: An unhappy United Nations birthday

By Clifford D. May

Rebel soldiers patrol and protect civilians from the Nuer ethnic group as the civilians walk through flooded areas to reach a makeshift camp for the displaced situated in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) base in the town of Bentiu, South Sudan, in this Sept. 10, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Matthew Abbott, File)

Rebels in South Sudan detain 16 U.N. peacekeepers on barges

The Washington Times

Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq organization chant slogans and hold banners during a tour organized by the Iraqi government for foreign diplomats in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 11, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Iran responsible for deadly rocket attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq, dissidents say

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An immigrant from Honduras who entered the United States illegally knits during her stay at a respite house, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

U.N. warns of immigration ‘crisis’ as women flee Central America

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times