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Cargo ships anchored in the Marmara Sea await to cross the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Turkey's defense minister urged Russia to &quot;reconsider&quot; its decision to suspend the implementation of the U.N. and Turkish-brokered grain deal in a telephone call Monday with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Russia rejoins wartime deal on Ukrainian grain exports

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Members of the Security Council participate during a session to discuss the situation with grain shipments from Ukraine at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Russian roadblock: U.N.’s role in Ukraine sharply limited by Moscow’s veto power

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a Fridays For Future school strike for climate and social justice march through Stockholm, Friday, March 25, 2022. Climate activists staged a tenth series of worldwide protests Friday to demand leaders take stronger action against global warming, with some linking their environmental message to calls for an end to the war in Ukraine. (Paul Wennerholm/TT via AP)

Biden in, Greta Thunberg out: Stage set for infighting at U.N. climate summit in Egypt

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The ship Navi-Star sits full of grain since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began five months ago as it waits to sail from the Odesa Sea Port, in Odesa, Ukraine, on July 29, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden has warned that global hunger could increase because of Russia’s suspension of a U.N.-brokered deal to allow safe passage for ships carrying Ukrainian grain. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

Grain ships leaving Ukraine despite Russia’s pullout of U.N.-brokered deal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - Palestinians burn tires during a protest against Israeli military raid in the West Bank, along the border fence with Israel, in east of Gaza City on Oct. 25, 2022. The U.N. Mideast envoy said 2022 is on course to be the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the U.N. started tracking fatalities in 2005, and he called for immediate action to calm &quot;an explosive situation&quot; and move toward renewing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

UN: 2022 likely deadliest for Palestinians in West Bank

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

This handout photo provided by India's External Affairs Ministry shows members meet during a U.N. Counter-Terrorism Committee special meet in Mumbai, India, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The special meeting is being held in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, that witnessed a massive terror attack in 2008 that left 140 Indian nationals and 26 citizens of 23 other countries dead by terrorists who had entered India from Pakistan. (Ministry of External Affairs via AP)

India to contribute $500,000 to UN to counter terrorism

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Tamara, 50, mourns at the grave of her only son, a military servicemen, killed during a Russian bombing raid, at a cemetery in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Tamara did not learn of her son's death until four months after he died, when she managed to escape from her village in Kherson occupied by Russian troops. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Illustration on United Nations' attacks on Israel by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

United Nations goes DEFCON 3 on Israel

By Clifford D. May

Cans of Coca-Cola are on display at a grocery market in Uniontown, Pa., on April 24, 2022. The soft drink giant's sponsorship of the flagship U.N. climate conference, known as COP27, sparked an online backlash and highlighted broader concerns about corporate lobbying and influence. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

COP27’s Coke sponsorship leaves bad taste with green groups

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

New members of the Politburo Standing Committee, front to back, President Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi arrive at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 23, 2022. The world faces the prospect of more tension with China over trade, security and human rights after Xi Jinping awarded himself a third five-year term on Oct. 23, 2022, as leader of the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

World faces tension with China under Xi Jinping’s third term

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

FILE - Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt listens to an attendee at the Governor's Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Schmitt has filed an open records request seeking correspondence between two journalism professors connected to the University of Missouri and the executive director of a fact-checking group. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Attorneys general ride to free-market, anti-ESG rescue

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Angela Merkel speaks as she receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at the height of the Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday Oct. 10, 2022. (Stefan Wermuth/Pool via AP)

Merkel praises others as she accepts UN refugee agency award

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This photo provided on Oct. 10, 2022, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, as taken sometime between Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea confirms simulated use of nukes to ‘wipe out’ enemies

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - A protester carries a piece of wood simulating a weapon during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 3, 2022. Haiti's government has agreed to request the help of international armed forces as gangs and protesters paralyze the country and basic supplies including fuel and water dwindle, a top ranking Haitian official told The Associated Press on Friday, Oct 7. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

U.N. eyes deploying a rapid armed force to Haiti to help end

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

USAID Administrator Samantha Power in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, traveled to Kyiv to hold meetings with government officials and residents. She said the U.S. would provide an additional $55 million to repair heating pipes and other equipment. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, Pool)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

USAID Administrator Samantha Power in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, traveled to Kyiv to hold meetings with government officials and residents. She said the U.S. would provide an additional $55 million to repair heating pipes and other equipment. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, Pool)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya raises his hand against a U.N. Security Council vote on a draft resolution sanctioning Russia's planned annexation of war-occupied Ukraine territory, Friday Sept. 30, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Russia seeks secret UN vote on condemning Ukraine annexation

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a bilateral meeting at Akasaka Palace, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden pledges ‘ironclad’ commitment to Japan after latest North Korea’s missile test

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Policemen walk at Red Square with the St. Basil's Cathedral and Lenin Mausoleum in the background ahead of a planned concert in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the four regions of Ukraine that held a referendum on joining Russia will attend a ceremony to sign documents on the regions' incorporation into Russia, which will be followed by a big concert on Red Square. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

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Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic speaks to journalists as he casts his ballot at a polling station in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Voting began Friday in four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia. (AP Photo)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press