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The U.N. Security Council unanimously passes a resolution demanding that Iraq disarm and ordering new weapons inspections. The U.N.'s 60-day timeline for inspections could delay possible U.S. military action against Iraq. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara and Tom Gjelten.

U.N. arms inspectors search Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's main palace for evidence of weapons of mass destruction. Meanwhile, top U.N. nuclear monitor Mohamed ElBaradei warns Iraq that it must cooperate more intensely with arms inspectors. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

In the Azores, President Bush wraps up a brief meeting with the leaders of Spain and Britain, calling Monday a "moment of truth for the world." He says he will not pursue a new U.N. resolution on Iraq beyond tomorrow's scheduled meeting of the U.N. Security Council. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and NPR's Vicky O'Hara.

A massive truck bomb rips through a Baghdad hotel that served as the headquarters of the U.N. mission to Iraq. At least 20 people are killed, including U.N. special representative to Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello. More than 100 people are wounded. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

A U.N. panel looking into the conflict in western Sudan said the fighting did not constitute genocide. But it said the Sudanese government and its proxy militia, the Janjaweed, did commit crimes and should be tried for them. The question is how and where, and that's becoming a new source of conflict between the U.S. and the U.N.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that he welcomed "possibilities for increased military cooperation with North Korea.

This Friday the U.N. holds a star-studded ceremony to appoint Wonder Woman its honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls. Many women's rights advocates are in an uproar.

Human Rights Organization in Geneva is scheduled to hold a vote on Chinese human rights violations...

Last week the world's top two emitters, China and the U.S., announced new steps to reduce global emissions of methane, a potent and sometimes overlooked greenhouse gas.

Iraq accepts terms of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at disarming Saddam Hussein, but a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan denies the regime has weapons of mass destruction. Hear from NPR's Vicky O'Hara, NPR's Lynn Neary and political writer Rami Khouri.