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Earlier this year, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution calling for more humanitarian access in Syria. Even that, though, has had not eased the suffering of civilians.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jean Lee, senior fellow at the Wilson Center, about what North Korea is trying to achieve through weapons tests, and proclamations of building an invincible military.

For the Electric Coney Second Annual Labor Day 0.5K in D.C., runners will jog back and forth between two bars. Whoever unwraps a hot dog covered in edible gold foil will be declared the winner.

Trump criticized the international community for its efforts

The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency gives the North Korean government one last chance to readmit inspectors who were expelled a week ago. Meanwhile, U.S. officials hold consultations with Japan and South Korea on how to persuade the North to abandon nuclear programs. Hear more from NPR News.

The United Nations has been sounding the alarm about Haiti for months now, but countries are reluctant to intervene, given past failures in the Caribbean nation.

The U.N. Security Council will discuss Russia's so-called filtration camps, where hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have supposedly been detained, interrogated and possibly moved far into Russia.

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must allow UN aid into Gaza and allow them to operate without interference. But Israel has rejected the non-binding opinion.

The Bush administration says it has the support of United Nations Security Council members for a resolution on Iraq. U.S. officials say they have addressed specific concerns of other council nations. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq conduct a surprise check of one of Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces. The visit represents an early test for the monitors as they look for weapons of mass destruction throughout the country. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.