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**FILE** United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Associated Press)

U.N. report: Syrian military, rebel fighters recruiting thousands of kids to fight

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Richard A. Falk, an American who is U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, answers journalists' questions during a press conference after he presented his report to the U.N. Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

U.N. investigator accused of anti-Semitism won’t resign

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Samantha Power, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next U.N. Ambassador, listens to Obama speak in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, where he made the announcement. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

EDITORIAL: The Power nomination

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Samantha Power, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next U.N. Ambassador, listens to Obama speak in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, where he made the announcement. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

PRUDEN: When a bow is not deep enough

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

An Israeli tank is loaded onto a truck near the Quneitra crossing with Syria, Thursday, June 6, 2013. Syrian rebels on Thursday captured a crossing point along a cease-fire line with Israel in the contested Golan Heights, a development that could deepen Israeli concerns over the growing role of Islamic radicals in the civil war near its northern frontier.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Austria pulls out of peacekeeping, as Syrian fight erupts at Israel’s door

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama and White House National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice (Associated Press/File)

EDITORIAL: Undiplomatic choices

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

President Obama and White House National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice (Associated Press/File)

Polarizing pick: Obama tabs Rice for top security post; Samantha Power to U.N.

By Dave Boyer and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A Draganflyer X6 drone lent to the Mesa County, Colo., Sheriff's Department in 2009 is used in search-and-rescue, finding suspects and identifying fire hot spots. (Mesa County Sheriff's Department via Associated Press)

U.N. official: ‘Just say no’ to killer robots

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

President Obama talks about national security on May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. (Associated Press)

Obama’s drone speech welcomed by Pakistan, Yemen and the U.N.

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

A South Korean man watches a TV news reporting missile launch conducted by North Korea, at a Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 18, 2013. North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The letters at a screen read " Fired three short-range guided missiles." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

S. Korea says N. Korea fires 3 short-range missiles

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** FILE ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the victory sign as he attends the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Sparks fly as Iran set to lead world disarmament conference

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An internally displaced Rohingya man pushes a rickshaw past makeshift tents at a camp for Rohingya people in Sittwe in Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine state on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mahasen, expected later this week. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Boats of Muslims fleeing cyclone capsize off Myanmar; dozens killed

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Any day now, cicadas with bulging red eyes will creep out of the ground after 17 years and overrun the East Coast with the awesome power of numbers. (AP Photo/University of Connecticut, Chris Simon)

U.N. advises eating insects to curb world hunger

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Left to right: State Department officials Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Mark Thompson, Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/Charg&#195;&#710; d&#195;&#173;Affairs in Libya Gregory Hicks, and Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya Eric Nordstrom are sworn in to testify before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Diplomat on the ground tells Congress he was ‘stunned’ by Rice account of Benghazi

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Indonesian U.N peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Tuesday May 7, 2013. Four U.N. peacekeepers were seized by armed gunmen on Tuesday while they were patrolling in the demilitarized zone separating Syria from the Israeli-occupied sections of Golan Heights. (Associated Press)

Four U.N. peacekeepers seized on Syrian DMZ

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Christian Bale gets a closer look at the Hydrobot Terminator in the movie "Terminator Salvation." (Associated Press)

U.N. calls for moratorium on U.S., Israeli ‘killer robots’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

SCHAEFER: Maintain opposition to U.N. peace enforcement

By Brett D. Schaefer - Special to The Washington Times

Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, and newly named President Xi Jinping clap during a plenary session of the National People's Congress held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, in China, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China flaunts U.N. sanctions against North Korea

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has selected Mona Seif (right) as a finalist for the prestigious Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. (Twitter)

Human Rights Watch selects proponent of terrorism as finalist for award

By Adam Kredo — The Washington Free Beacon

A moment of silence in honor of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing is observed at 2:50 p.m. Monday on Boylston Street near the race finish line, exactly one week after the tragedy. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Sludge from Turtle Bay

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times