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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, receives souvenir of traditional Timorese woven cloths called 'tais' from East Timorese President Francisco Guterres during their meeting in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. Australia has committed to invest in East Timor's naval infrastructure and provide an undersea internet cable between the countries as China increases its influence in the region. (AP Photo/Kandhi Barnez)

Australia to improve East Timorese internet and naval base

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

This photo released Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019 by the opposition Syrian Civil Defense rescue group, also known as White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a civil defense worker cuting metal to reach survivors after airstrikes hit the northern town of Maaret al-Numan, in Idlib province, Syria. Idlib is the Syrian opposition's final stronghold. The opposition Syrian Civil Defense group of first responders said airstrikes on Maaret al-Numan on Wednesday killed 12 people and wounded 34. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

UN envoy hopes for Syria constitution committee next month

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Greta Thunberg, 16, a Swedish environmental activist, sails into New York harbor aboard the Malizia II, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. The zero-emissions yacht left Plymouth, England on Aug. 14. She is scheduled to address the United Nations Climate Action Summit on Sept. 23. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

The Latest: Teen climate activist overwhelmed by NY welcome

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Rescued migrants rest near the city of Khoms, around 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Tripoli, Libya., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. At least 65 migrants, mostly from Sudan, were rescued, said a spokesman for Libya's coast guard, with a search halted for those still missing. The coast guard gave an estimate for those missing and feared drowned of 15 to 20 people.(AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

UN says 40 migrants feared drowned in capsizing off Libya

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

UN envoy warns West Bank, Gaza violence threatens region

Associated Press

Qu Dongyu from China, one of the candidates for the Director-General position of the FAO (UN Food and Agriculture Organization), arrives to address a plenary meeting of the 41st Session of the Conference, at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Saturday, June 22, 2019. The new FAO Director-General will be voted on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) **FILE**

U.S. needs to respond to rising Chinese influence in the United Nations

By Brett D. Schaefer

Spanish U.N peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said Monday that Israel's air force attacked a Palestinian base in the country's east near the border with Syria. Lebanese President Michel Aoun told the U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jan Kubis, that the attacks violate a U.N. Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Lebanon: Israeli air force hits Palestinian base in Lebanon

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, Rohingya refugees shout slogans during a protest against the repatriation process at Unchiprang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh. Sexual violence carried out by Myanmar's security forces against the country's Muslim Rohingya minority was so widespread and severe that it demonstrates intent to commit genocide as well as warrants prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a U.N. report released Thursday Aug. 22, 2019. The Rohingya refugees still live in squalid camps in Bangladesh, and a planned effort Thursday to repatriate an initial large group to Myanmar collapsed when none showed up to be taken back. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, FILE)

Rohingya refugees rally to mark 2nd anniversary of exodus

By TOFAYEL AHMAD and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 photo, Lewis Randa, of Duxbury, Mass., displays a United Nations flag while standing near a bronze statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, behind right, at the Pacifist Memorial, in Sherborn, Mass. Randa says in mid-August of 2019 he removed the flag because owners of a condo association, who now own the land on which the Pacifist Memorial is located, argue it violates their property agreement. Randa founded the memorial in 1994. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

‘Peace park’ removes United Nations flag after objections

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, Rohingya refugees shout slogans during a protest against the repatriation process at Unchiprang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh. Sexual violence carried out by Myanmar's security forces against the country's Muslim Rohingya minority was so widespread and severe that it demonstrates intent to commit genocide as well as warrants prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a U.N. report released Thursday Aug. 22, 2019. The Rohingya refugees still live in squalid camps in Bangladesh, and a planned effort Thursday to repatriate an initial large group to Myanmar collapsed when none showed up to be taken back. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, FILE)

UN report condemns sexual violence by Myanmar military

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

United Nations Security Council meeting on the Mideast attended by United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

United Nations still ‘disastrous’ after all these years

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo, Rohingya children and refugees raise their hands and shout that they won't go back to Myanmar during a demonstration at Kutupalong near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Officials from the U.N. refugee agency and Bangladesh's government say few Muslim Rohingya refugees have responded to plans for their repatriation to Myanmar, and all who did say they don't want to go back. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Rohingya still fear safety in Myanmar, repatriation unlikely

By TOFAYEL AHMAD and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

UN warns of severe aid cuts in Yemen without new funds soon

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A view of the Grace 1 super tanker with the name "Adrian Darya 1" over the place where "Grace 1" had already been blackened out is seen in the British territory of Gibraltar, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. The shipping agent for an Iranian supertanker caught in a diplomatic standoff says the vessel is ready to depart Gibraltar in "24 to 48 hours," despite a last-minute effort by the United States to seize it again. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

An Iranian tanker and international tensions

By Andrew Davies

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2017, file photo, a Rohingya Muslim woman, Rukaya Begum, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds her son Mahbubur Rehman, left and her daughter Rehana Bibi, after the government moved them to newly allocated refugee camp areas, near Kutupalong, Bangladesh. Officials from the U.N. refugee agency and Bangladesh's government say few Muslim Rohingya refugees have responded to plans for their repatriation to Myanmar, and all who did say they don't want to go back. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

Rohingya Muslims say they don’t want to return to Myanmar

By TOFAYEL AHMAD and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

UN envoy warns threat of Yemen’s fragmentation gets stronger

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

United Nations Security Council meeting on the Mideast attended by United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Pompeo urges fresh thinking on Mideast, warns Iran

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2018 file photo, Venezuelan migrants line up for free bread and coffee, donated by a Colombian family from their car, at a gas station in Pamplona, Colombia. A United Nations special envoy warned on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, that the international community is falling short in helping nations like Colombia respond to the massive exodus of Venezuelans. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

UN envoy: International aid for Venezuelans falls short

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General accused of war abuses named Sri Lanka’s army chief

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a decoration ceremony of the Maua Merit Medal, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Norway suspended funding to Brazil’s Amazon Fund, created to fight deforestation in the country’s vast rainforest, a spokesperson for the Norwegian environment ministry said Thursday. The decision blocks the transfer of 300 million Krones (over $44 million) in financial aid to local projects in the Amazon, the ministry confirmed. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

AP Explains: Brazil’s environmental changes under Bolsonaro

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press