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At a United Nations event this week, private funders pledged nearly $2.5 billion in climate change aid for Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. While that boost is welcome, it fell short of the nearly $7 billion the UN was looking for.

From the war in Ukraine to climate change, UN leaders face an unprecedented number of global challenges.

The United Nations today sent its top humanitarian official, John Holmes, to Sri Lanka to push for more protection for civilians trapped in the island's war zone. The UN estimates nearly 6,500 civilians have been killed there in the last three months. The conventional war now appears to be in its final stages. But does that mean the island's civil conflict is finally at an end? NPR's South Asia Correspondent Philip Reeves reports.

But for thousands of Somali refugees, the camp in Dadaab, Kenya, is the only home they've ever known.

As Russia's leader visits North Korea, Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko offers insights into the fascinating history of twists and turns in relations between Moscow and Pyongyang.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Kate Phillips-Barrasso, a vice president of Mercy Corps, about a joint statement issued by over 100 aid organizations warning of mass starvation in Gaza.

For 30 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. This April 1 the discussion turned to HARPER LEE'S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (the Aaron Sorkin adaptation) as well as STAGE KISS at the Irish Classical Theater Company as well as WORKING, the musical, at O'Connell and Company in the Philip Sheridan School, 3200 Elmwood.

NPR speaks with former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams about her new memoir, "Careless People," in an interview held before she was barred from discussing her criticism of the company.

Hamas has responded to a U.S. ceasefire proposal in Gaza that includes the release of around half of its remaining living hostages.

A round of Israeli airstrikes targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports. The head of the World Health Organization said the bombardment occurred as he prepared to board a flight.