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The U.N. Security Council vetoed a U.S. resolution on the war. Gilad Erdan, Israel's U.N. ambassador, said the council "is incapable of doing the most basic task of condemning ISIS-like terrorists."

As the U.N.'s global summit on biodiversity opens, we hear how Colombia's bird song has been crafted to highlight the host country's own amazing biodiversity.

Against the demands of the Assad regime, a covert cross-border operation has been getting aid to desperate Syrians in areas out of government control. A new U.N. resolution could expand these efforts.

Their parents are missing back home in China, likely in prison or detention. "We want them to know they belong to a family that's much bigger than the one they have lost," the school's founder says.

The U.N. warns the situation in Yemen will only get worse if the warring parties — one side backed by Saudi Arabia and the U.S., the other by Iran — don't get back to the negotiating table.

Syria must decide how to respond to the U.N. resolution demanding its cooperation in the probe into the murder of former Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri. The next report in the inquiry is due Dec. 15, and Damascus is already facing complaints about its leadership.

About 80% of those affected by the Taliban offensive are women and children, according to the U.N. The situation has "all the hallmarks of a humanitarian catastrophe," one official said.

Trump's speeches are now more erratic and profane. Israel bans U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Former police detective in Kentucky is on trial again for violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights.

President Biden gives his first address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. He may find some skepticism for his pitch to work together on COVID-19 and climate after some recent decisions.

Kofi Annan, about the challenges facing him, as he begins his term. Both the Clinton administration and Congressional leaders have made it clear that the United States expects him to carry out major reforms at the U.N. Secretary General Annan meets with President Clinton and other U.S. officials in Washington today. Annan says he'll try to convince them to pay more than a billion dollars in dues that the U.S. owes the U.N. in arrears.