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U.S. President Barack Obama chairs a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at United Nations headquarters in this Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, file photo. An angry North Korea, now on the defensive over a U.S. accusation of hacking, is refusing to take part in a groundbreaking U.N. Security Council meeting Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, where the country's bleak human rights situation will be discussed for the first time. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

North Korea skipping U.N. Security Council meeting

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 file photo, a healthcare worker dons protective gear before entering an Ebola treatment center in the west of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Dr. Brima Kargbo, Sierra Leone's chief medical officer, confirmed Thursday Dec. 18, 2014, that Dr. Victor Willoughby died earlier in the day after being tested positive for Ebola on Saturday, the 11th doctor in the country to die from the disease that is ravaging West Africa. (AP Photo/Michael Duff, FILE)

Ebola deaths reach 6,900 in West Africa; more than 1M could face food shortage by March

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, left, meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Villa Taverna, in Rome, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. Kerry and Netanyahu met as the U.S. and Israel developed their responses to a draft U.N. resolution that would set a two-year timetable for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu meet as U.N. efforts heat up

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon leaves his hand print next to a message that reads in Spanish "Everyone for the rights of all! Count on me Peru!" with his signature during a ceremony at the Antenor Oregon school in Lima, Peru, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. Ban Ki-moon is in Peru for the Climate Change Conference, along with representatives from more than 190 countries that are working on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

At U.N. climate talks, a crack in rich-poor barrier

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, left, talks to Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, during the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Delegates from more than 190 countries are meeting in Lima, to work on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

UN climate talks in Peru seem headed for overtime

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Indian women participate in a march in "Defense of Mother Earth" in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Thousands marched in support of Mother Earth as they chanted slogans against illegal mining, and logging operations, as well as oil drilling. They asked that the exploitation of resources in their ancestral lands be stopped immediately. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

An idea comes of age: Zero emissions

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

A dancer walks before a performance at the Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Delegates from more than 190 countries are meeting in Lima, to work on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Lima climate talks set for record carbon footprint

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

Poland's prime minister Ewa Kopacz said revelations of CIA torture could harm her country's relations with the U.S. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

China: Torture report undercuts U.S. on rights

By David R. Sands and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.N.: $16.4 billion needed to aid most vulnerable

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop addresses a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Iraq at the United Nations headquarters. Australia will continue to directly pay for climate change adaptation in vulnerable South Pacific island nations through its aid budget rather than donate to a U.N. Green Climate Fund designed for the same purpose, Bishop said Friday, Dec. 5, ahead of climate talks in Peru. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)-FILE

Australia won’t pay to climate fund

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Ebola health care workers carry the body of a man suspected of dying from the Ebola virus in a small village Gbah on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. A U.N. peacekeeper who contracted Ebola in Liberia will be flown to the Netherlands for treatment, a Dutch Health Ministry spokeswoman said Friday. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh)

Ban Ki-moon warns of Ebola outbreak’s aftermath

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.N. convoy hit by bomb blast in Mogadishu; 3 dead

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

FILE- In this June 12, 2011 file photo, people walk along the Cordillera Real of the Andes mountains on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia. According to the Environmental Defense League, a Bolivian NGO, Bolivia's glaciers along the Cordillera Real, Chacaltaya, Tuni Condorini and Illimani are shrinking in size by more than one meter every year and estimate that the majority of the snow in this area could disappear by 2030. A scientific assessment by the U.N.&#8217;s expert panel on climate change warned that rising global temperatures could have an irreversible impact on people and ecosystems as glaciers melt, sea levels rise, heat waves intensify and oceans become warmer and more acidic. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

U.N. weather agency: 2014 on track for hottest year

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Lebanon currently hosts over 1.1 million refugees of the Syrian civil war, which equates to about a quarter of all people living within the country. Cutbacks in aid by the U.N., partly due to donor nations not coming through with promised funds, threatens to starve many such refugees. (associated press)

Syria refugees go hungry as wealthy nations fail to deliver millions in promised aid

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This frame grab from video, provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows a test at the FAAs technical center in Atlantic City, N.J. last April, where a cargo container was packed with 5,000 rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. A cartridge heater was inserted to simulate a single battery experiencing uncontrolled overheating. Forty-four minutes into the test a build-up of flammable gases inside the container caused an explosion that blew open the container’s door and sent boxes flying. The container was soon fully engulfed in flames. New U.S. government tests are raising concern that rechargeable lithium batteries carried as cargo on passenger airliners around the world are susceptible to fires or explosions that could destroy the planes. Yet U.S. and international officials have been slow to adopt safety restrictions that might affect both powerful industries that depend on the batteries and the airlines that profit from shipping them. The batteries are for products ranging from cellphones and laptops to hybrid cars. (AP Photo/FAA)

Fiery risk? Air shipments of batteries questioned

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference in Jerusalem, Tuesday Dec. 2, 2014. Israel's prime minister fired two senior Cabinet ministers from his divided government Tuesday and said he would call early elections, plunging the country toward a heated campaign more than two years ahead of schedule. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

U.N. resolution: Israel must renounce nuclear arms

By Alexandra Olson - Associated Press