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UN agencies and other aid groups say they're staying in Afghanistan. There are concerns about the safety of Afghans working for international organizations, since few believe the Taliban's assurances.

The U.S. plans to use its presidency of the Security Council this month to keep the spotlight on food security, as Russia's war in Ukraine has ripple effects in global food markets.

The milestone comes after the U.N. and Turkey signed agreements with Russia and Ukraine to resume exports. The U.N. had pushed for a deal to address a growing global food shortage.

President Trump used his speech at the U.N. Tuesday to threaten aid to countries not backing U.S. policies. The new tactic has aid groups concerned about humanitarian needs.

Ukraine and Russia agreed to a UN-brokered deal on grain shipments out of the Black Sea that Turkey will oversee. The food supplies are badly needed around the globe.

The U.S. special representative for North Korea says Kim Jong Un and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed in October that North Korea will dismantle its facilities that make fuel for nuclear weapons.

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo made big gains this week on the country's eastern border. As has happened many times before in the area, the fighting touched off a mass exodus of civilians seeking safety.

South Korean leaders met late at night to discuss President Trump's decision not to go ahead with his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Human rights violations continue in Sri Lanka despite the end of the war: 250,000 Tamils are still incarcerated. In the last week, a journalist has been jailed for 20 years of hard labor, a U.N. official has been expelled for criticizing the government, and a dispute has broken out over TV footage broadcast on television that purports to show a Sri Lankan soldier executing Tamils.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are being pushed to move farther south as Israel’s military expands its operations from northern and central Gaza.