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Indians wearing masks stand next to a signage that urges people to wash their hands and wear masks to protect against the COVID-19 pandemic in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Thursday, May 28, 2020. India sees no respite from the coronavirus caseload at a time when the two-month-old lockdown across the country is set to end on Sunday. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

The Latest: UN urges $2.4 billion in aid for war-torn Yemen

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A family peers from the window of their home as they wait to receive boxes of free food, during a lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, May 4, 2020. The U.N. World Food Program is warning that upward of at least 14 million people could go hungry in Latin America as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, shuttering people in their homes, drying up work and crippling the economy. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

UN: Virus could push 14 million into hunger in Latin America

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Riot policeman pushes a woman as she is taking a photograph of the detained protesters at the area in Mongkok, Hong Kong, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. U.S. Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Pompeo says Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

UN: Libya coast guard intercepts, detains about 400 migrants

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UN says 3 peacekeepers killed, 4 wounded in Mali attacks

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Libyan officials: Shelling at Tripoli’s only working airport

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Libya gov’t warns of escalation after attacks near embassies

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President Donald Trump gestures during a White House National Day of Prayer Service in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Pakistan lifts lockdown amid jump in virus cases

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Street vendors, wearing face masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, sell fruit on the street corner in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. South Africa began a phased easing of its strict lockdown measures on May 1, and its confirmed cases of coronavirus continue to increase as more people are being tested. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

UN appeals for $6.7 billion to fight virus in poor countries

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 21, 2019 file photo, Tripoli government forces clash with forces led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, south of the capital Tripoli, Libya. Two Libyan militia commanders and a Syrian war monitor group say Turkey is deploying Syrian extremists to fight in Libya's civil war. These extremists are affiliated with groups like al-Qaida and the Islamic State. They're fighting as mercenaries on behalf of the United Nations-supported government in Libya. The Libyan sources told The Associated Press that Turkey has airlifted more than 2,500 foreign fighters into Tripoli, and that “dozens” are extremist-affiliated. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed, File)

Libyan official: 5 killed, dozens wounds in Tripoli shelling

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

Israel demands major changes in UN peacekeeping in Lebanon

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, top center, reviews army troops marching during the 38th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Gunmen attacked the military parade, killing at least eight members of the elite Revolutionary Guard and wounding 20 others, state media said. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Hassan Rouhani: Iran will deliver ‘crushing response’ if U.N. arms embargo extended

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

France, Tunisia urge UN council to adopt COVID-19 resolution

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Rescued migrants stranded at sea, not allowed to any EU port

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot in the parliamentary elections, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Iranians began voting for a new parliament Friday, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership as sanctions weigh on the economy and isolate the country diplomatically. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) **FILE**

Iran slams U.S. efforts to continue arms embargo as ‘illegitimate’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

UN backs Lebanon in economic crisis, call for global help

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses his statement, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) ** FILE **

U.N. leaders call for global efforts to develop coronavirus vaccine at affordable price

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Nearly 400 bipartisan lawmakers back extension of U.N. arms embargo on Iran

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019 file photo, a mortally wounded fighter of the 'Shelba' unit, allied with the U.N.-supported Libyan government, is moved by comrades after being shot at the Salah-addin neighborhood front line in Tripoli, Libya. The head of Libya’s internationally recognized government Tuesday, May 5, 2020, called for a renewal of U.N.-brokered talks to end divisions in the oil-rich country, amid escalating military clashes and increasing tensions between the main players in the capital Tripoli. (AP Photo/Ricard Garcia Vilanova, File)

Libyan PM calls for renewed UN talks amid increased tensions

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019 file photo, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the UNHCR - Global Refugee Forum at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. When financial markets collapsed and the world faced its last great crisis in 2008, major powers worked together to restore the global economy, but the COVID-19 pandemic has been striking for the opposite response. The financial crisis gave birth to the leaders’ summit of the Group of 20, the world’s richest countries responsible for 80% of the global economy. But when Guterres proposed ahead of their summit in late March that G-20 leaders adopt a “wartime” plan and cooperate on the global response to suppress the virus, there was no response (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

Unlike 2008 crisis, pandemic has no leader, no global plan

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press