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People eat street food as shoppers crowd a market in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, Nov. 15, according to a United Nations projection. India is on track to become the world's most populous nation, surpassing China by 2.9 million people by mid-2023, according to data released by the United Nations on Wednesday. The South Asian country will have an estimated 1.4286 billion people against China's 1.4257 billion by the middle of the year, according to U.N. projections.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

UN: India’s population will be world’s largest by mid-year

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This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows damaged aircraft, including one on fire, at Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 17, 2023. Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC analyzed Tuesday by The Associated Press show the extent of the destruction from days of fighting in Sudan between rival military forces, including some 20 aircraft either damaged or destroyed at Khartoum's airport. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

U.S. diplomatic convoy attacked in Sudan amid new truce appeal

By Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

U.N. says leaving Afghanistan would be ‘heartbreaking’

By Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after their talks, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, April 7, 2023. So far, the Russian presidency of the U.N. Security Council has been the most contentious in the memory of long-time U.N. diplomats and officials. More fireworks are to come later in the month when Lavrov presides over the premier event of the presidency — an open council meeting on defending the principles of the U.N. Charter. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Russia’s U.N. council presidency is most contentious in memory

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier smokes as he rests in war-hit Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Iryna Rubakova via AP)

Ukraine stands firm on Crimea, wants Russia out of all areas

By Adam Pemble - Associated Press

Afghan women chant and hold signs of protest during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2022. The U.N. said Wednesday, April 5, 2023, that it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled” violation of women's rights. (AP Photo/Mohammed Shoaib Amin, File)

Taliban say there are no obstacles for U.N. work in Afghanistan

Associated Press

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. The U.N. said Wednesday, April 5, 2023, that it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled” violation of women's rights. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

U.N. to review presence in Afghanistan following Taliban ban

Associated Press

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. The U.N. said Wednesday, April 5, 2023, that it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled” violation of women's rights. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

U.N. food agency: $800M urgently needed for Afghanistan

Associated Press

The shadow of Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, are cast on a large representation of the Yemeni flag as they attend a demonstration against an arms embargo imposed by the U.N. Security Council on Houthi leaders, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, April 16, 2015. Rare protests have erupted against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Thursday, March 24, 2023, following the funeral of a popular critic found dead after he was detained by the group. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) **FILE**

Yemen crisis resists resolution despite Iran-Saudi thaw

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.N.: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Najia Sorosh (left), head of Sadai Banowan, a women-run radio station, speaks into a microphone in the broadcasting studio in Badakhshan province, northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (Sadai Banowan via AP) **FILE**

U.N.: Afghan female staff banned from work in eastern province

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

FILE - A sea turtle swims over corals on Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022. The International Seabed Authority on Friday, March 31, 2023 closed two weeks’ worth of negotiations without reaching any agreement or consensus on the issue amid growing calls to pause, ban or place a moratorium on the potential deep-sea mining of minerals used in green technology like electric car batteries. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil, File)

UN body mulls deep sea mining amid demand for minerals

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

Chaloka Beyani, member of the Fact-Finding Mission, speaks to the media ahead of presenting the findings of the final report, at the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council during a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 27, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya

By Jamey Keaten and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

The shadow of Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, are cast on a large representation of the Yemeni flag as they attend a demonstration against an arms embargo imposed by the U.N. Security Council on Houthi leaders, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, April 16, 2015. Rare protests have erupted against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Thursday, March 24, 2023, following the funeral of a popular critic found dead after he was detained by the group. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) **FILE**

Yemen rebels restrict humanitarian flights arriving in Sanaa

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

People attend a rally in support of Russia's political prisoners in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. A friendly, fellow-Slavic nation, Serbia has welcomed the fleeing Russians who need visas to travel to much richer Western European states. But in Serbia, they have not escaped the long reach of Putin's hardline regime influence. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) **FILE**

U.N. decries torture, killing of Ukrainian and Russian POWs

By Karl Ritter and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows rubble at a destroyed building with a hit by an explosion, in Deir el-Zour, Syria, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. An explosion in eastern Syria killed people, according to reports. A war monitoring group said the blast was likely caused by a drone strike that targeted Iran-backed militiamen. (SANA via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. retaliates with ‘precision airstrikes’ in Syria after Iranian-made drone kills American worker

By Lou Kesten, Bassem Mroue and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

People get drinking water from a water collecting point at a slum area, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. World Water Day will be observed on March 22, to aim to highlight the importance of freshwater and advocate for sustainable management of this vital resource. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

U.N.: 26% of world lacks clean drinking water, 46% sanitation

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Women push wheelbarrows atop a coal mine dump at the coal-powered Duvha power station, near Emalahleni east of Johannesburg, Nov. 17, 2022. Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday, March 20, 2023. But doing so requires quickly slashing carbon pollution and fossil fuel use. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

U.N. doomsday report warns of ‘climate time-bomb’ unless globe ditches fossil fuels

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A usually submerged section of the lake Serre-Poncon is dry in southern France, March 14, 2023. Publication of a major new United Nations report on climate change is being held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable nations. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Fight over science holds up key UN climate report

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Erik Mose, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, speaks about the release of comprehensive report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the Human Rights Council, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, March 16, 2023. A U.N.-backed investigation has found that Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killing in occupied regions, amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

U.N.-backed inquiry accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine

By Lori Hinnant and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press