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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2018 file photo, a Rohingya refugee hangs a blanket out to dry at Balukhali refugee camp, about 50 kilometers (32 miles) from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. An island in Bangladesh that was submerged during the monsoon season is ready to house 100,000 Rohingya refugees, but no date has been announced to begin relocating people from crowded and squalid camps on the country's border with Myanmar, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Bangladesh says once-submerged island ready for Rohingya

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

US calls for smaller UN force in Mali, Russia says no change

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

China hopes UN meeting spurs India-Pakistan talks on Kashmir

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

CORRECTS NAME OF LIBYA'S PRIME MINISTER TO FAYEZ SARRAJ -- FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Fayez Sarraj, the head of Libya's internationally-recognized government, prior to their meeting in Istanbul. The Russian Foreign Ministry says Libya's rival leaders will meet in Moscow for peace talks. The ministry said that Sarraj and his rival will meet Monday in the Russian capital. The talks follow a truce proposed by Russia and Turkey that began Sunday. It came as Libya's civil war was on the brink of a major escalation. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool, File)

A look at the major players in Libya’s shape-shifting war

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

UN envoy for Colombia: Peace depends on stopping killings

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Refugees shot dead in Libya were pushed out of UN facility

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

UN: Congo ethnic violence might be crimes against humanity

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, visit the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Putin has traveled to Syria to meet with President Bashar Assad, a key Iranian ally. The rare visit Tuesday comes amid soaring tensions between Iran and the United States following the U.S. drone strike last week that killed a top Iranian general who led forces supporting Assad in Syria's civil war. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia scores victory for ally Syria in UN vote cutting aid

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo provided by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Soleimani, the head of Irans elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport, in January 2020. A UN report released in July 2020, says the U.S. violated international law in the targeted killing. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File) **FILE**

Qassem Soleimani role in Aleppo siege illustrates iron hand in Middle East

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

UN envoy: Terrorist attacks surging in Sahel and West Africa

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about Iran, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US won’t grant Iran foreign minister visa for UN visit

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets family of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in the U.S. airstrike in Iraq, at his home in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. Iran has vowed &quot;harsh retaliation&quot; for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

The Latest: Iraq seeks Security Council condemnation of US

Associated Press

UN chief: Highest global tensions this century risk mistakes

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN envoy demands end to all foreign interference in Libya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 photo, the covered body of a person killed in an airstrike on a military academy lies on a gurney at a hospital in Tripoli, Libya. Health officials said the death toll from the airstrike climbed to at least 30 people, most of them students and over 30 others were wounded. The airstrike took place in the city's south late Saturday, an area which has seen heavy clashes in recent months. Forces based in eastern Libya and led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter have been fighting to seize the capital from the weak but U.N.-supported government. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

Airstrike death toll in Libya’s besieged capital rises to 30

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Flags fly outside the United Nations headquarters during the 74th session of the U.N. General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. At this year's annual gathering at the United Nations, well-known flash points such as the Middle East and trade tensions got lots of airtime, but some leaders also used their time on the world stage to highlight international disputes that don't usually command the same global attention. (AP Photo/Jennifer Peltz)

UN pansies up in arms as Trump goes ‘America First’ on Iran

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 1981 file photo, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat smiles at the start of the military parade in Cairo. Later, during the parade, Sadat was killed with eleven others when gunmen opened fire on the reviewing stand with automation weapons. (AP Photo/Bill Foley, File)

Middle East long riven by killings of high-profile figures

By TAMER FAKAHANY - Associated Press

UN chief calls again for an immediate cease-fire in Libya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Protesters demonstrate over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 3, 2020. Iran has vowed &quot;harsh retaliation&quot; for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

‘A more dangerous world’: US killing triggers global alarm

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Civilians flee a Syrian military offensive in Idlib province on the main road near Hazano, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. Syrian forces launched a wide ground offensive last week into the northwestern province of Idlib, which is dominated by al-Qaida-linked militants. The United Nations estimates that some 60,000 people have fled from the area, heading south, after the bombings intensified earlier this month. (AP Photo/Ghaith al-Sayed)

UN council to hear latest on offensive in Syria’s Idlib

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press