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Lebanon files urgent complaint to UN against Israel flights

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Libya’s rival governments discuss unifying 2021 budget

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, a severely malnourished boy rests on a hospital bed at the Aslam Health Center in Hajjah, Yemen. A leading aid organization on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 warned that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's move to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “foreign terrorist organization” would deal another “devastating blow&quot; to the impoverished and war-torn nation. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

US terror designation for Yemen rebels raises famine fears

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the media during a joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas after a meeting in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)

UN chief Antonio Guterres declares he will seek second term

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Libya’s UN-supported government’s interior minister Fathi Bashagha is interviewed on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Tripoli Libya. Bashagha says he hopes that bringing stability to his war-torn country will become a top priority for the Biden administration. Bashagha also told The Associated Press he would be ready to take on the role of prime minister in a yet-to-be-formed unity government. (AP Photo/Hazem Turkia)

AP interview: Libyan minister hopes for support from Biden

By SAMER AL-ATRUSH - Associated Press

In this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during a news conference at the U.S. State Department in Washington. According to the United States Mission to the United Nations, Craft will travel to Taipei Jan. 13-15, 2021, for meetings with senior Taiwanese counterparts and members of the diplomatic community in order to bolster relations and show continued support with the island. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Taiwan heralds visit by US ambassador to UN as China fumes

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, refugees who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray ride a bus going to the Village 8 temporary shelter, near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan. In a remote part of neighboring Sudan, no coronavirus testing is taking place in the crowded camps that are now home to more than 45,000 Ethiopian refugees. People share shelters and stand close together in lines for food, cash and registration. There are few face masks to be seen. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

UN fears ‘massive’ COVID transmission in Ethiopia’s Tigray

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Rights group: Tripoli should probe town’s 338 missing people

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

A general view of Kassala Mountains near the border with Eritrea, eastern Sudan, Nov. 20, 2020. Ethiopia's deadly conflict with its northern Tigray region spilled over the border as several thousand people fled into Sudan, along with soldiers seeking protection, while the Tigray regional leader accused Eritrea of attacking at the request of Ethiopia's federal government. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Ethiopian army official confirms Eritrean troops in Tigray

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

UN chief to mark 75th anniversary of UN assembly virtually

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Supporters of the civil society group, Jammu Kashmir Forum, take part in a demonstration to mark, The Right to Self-determination Day,&quot; in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2020. Dozens of Kashmiris activists living Pakistan rallied in the capital, Islamabad, urging the United Nations to ensure the provision of right of self-determination to them as per its decades-old resolution on Kashmir. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Kashmiri activists rally in Pakistan, demand referendum

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UN adopts $3.2 billion budget over US and Israel objections

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN chief recommends Libya cease-fire monitors based in Sirte

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 1987 file photo, Sir Brian Urquhart, former under secretary-general of the United Nations, left, and former President Jimmy Carter confer during the opening session of a Middle East conference held at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Ga. Urquhart, who played a central role in developing the U.N. practice of peacekeeping, died at his home in Tyringham, Mass., on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, according to his family, reported by the New York Times. He was 101. (AP Photo/Linda Schaefer)

Brian Urquhart, early leader of United Nations, dies at 101

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Darfur clashes kill 15 amid calls for peacekeepers to stay

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this Nov. 15, 2020, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party Politburo in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim is facing the toughest challenges of his nine-year rule. His country’s fragile economy was battered this year by pandemic-related border closings and natural disasters. He’s also likely concerned about President-elect Joe Biden’s expected new approach to North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Mired in crises, North Korea’s Kim to open big party meeting

By Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

People cast their votes for presidential and legislative elections, at the Lycee Boganda polling station in the capital Bangui, Central African Republic Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. President Faustin-Archange Touadera and his party said the vote will go ahead after government forces clashed with rebels in recent days and some opposition candidates pulled out of the race amid growing insecurity. (AP Photo)

Central African Republic votes amid fears of unrest

By JEAN FERNAND KOENA - Associated Press

Commander threatens to target Turkish forces in Libya

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

In this Wednesday Dec.16 2020 photo, Kidrich Korok cries in the yard outside her house in Lekuangole, South Sudan, remembering her nine-year-old son Martin who she said starved to death in July. South Sudan is one of four countries with areas that could slip into famine, the United Nations has warned, along with Yemen, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria.(AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

‘Mom, we need food’: Thousands in South Sudan near famine

By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2017 file photo, the U.N. special envoy for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, attends a press conference at the (UNSCO) offices in Gaza City. Mladenov has turned down an offer to lead the U.N. mission in conflict-stricken Libya, according to a U.N. spokesman. Mladenov told U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, that he would not take up the position of special envoy for the North African country “for personal and family reasons,” said U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

UN: Mladenov turns down offer to lead UN mission in Libya

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