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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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Pakistan warns India against ‘false flag’ attacks in Kashmir

By BY MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response shows his report during an interview with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambron warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and &quot;catastrophic&quot; reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

‘I couldn’t be silent’: UN whistleblower on WHO Italy report

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response speaks with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambon warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and &quot;catastrophic&quot; reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

WHO was warned lives were at risk over yanked Italy report

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Libya’s Central Bank approves new official exchange rate

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at Georgia Tech, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

Pompeo slams Lavrov, blames Russia for sowing ‘chaos’ in Mediterranean

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

UN: Libya’s rivals fail to agree on how to name government

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, March 21, 2018 file photo shows the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands. The global chemical weapons watchdog says that two investigations into alleged attacks in Syria in 2016 and 2018 couldn't establish that chemical weapons were used in either case. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons issued two reports Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 by its Fact-Finding Mission into attacks in Saraqib in the Idlib region on Aug. 1, 2016, and in Aleppo on Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Chemical weapons watchdog criticizes Syria over 19 issues

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Tigray refugee children sing and dance inside a tent run by UNICEF for children's activities, in Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Alarm as Ethiopia returns refugees who fled Tigray fighting

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Presiding judge David Re, right, and judge Janet Nosworthy, left, pose for pictures prior to a session of the United Nations-backed Lebanon Tribunal where it is scheduled to hand down it's sentencing on Salim Jamil Ayyash, a member of the Hezbollah militant group who was convicted of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others 15 years ago, in Leidschendam, Netherlands, Friday Dec. 11, 2020. Ayyash is not in custody and is unlikely to serve any sentence. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

Hezbollah member sentenced to life in Hariri assassination

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to empty seats in the University Hall, during the digital broadcast of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (Heiko Junge/NTB via AP)

UN boss: pandemic has exposed gloomy picture of world

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2 Russians held in Libya freed after 1 1/2-year captivity

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UN-African Union envoy says mistrust deep in Sudan’s Darfur

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Tigrayans who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, start wood fires to prepare dinner, in front of their temporary shelters at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

UN: Ethiopia’s conflict has ‘appalling’ impact on civilians

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Volunteers wait to be checked at a vaccine trial facility set at Soweto's Chris Sani Baragwanath Hospital outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday Nov. 30, 2020. Over 2000 South African volunteers are on AstraZeneca's experimental coronavirus vaccine trial. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

UN chief warns `vaccine nationalism’ is moving at full speed

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN divided on timing to end UN-AU peacekeeping in Darfur

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Libya’s east-based forces seize Turkish-owned vessel

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this image made from UNTV video, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the U.N. General Assembly's special session to discuss the response to COVID-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic, Thursday, Dec. 3,2020, at U.N. headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP)

Donors pledge $370 million to UN humanitarian emergency fund

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UN urges Iran to address nuclear, ballistic missile concerns

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this image made from UNTV video, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the U.N. General Assembly's special session to discuss the response to COVID-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic, Thursday, Dec. 3,2020, at U.N. headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP)

UN chief urges rule of law and rights in Ethiopia’s Tigray

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press