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Blinken's sixth time in the region since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel comes as talks continue in Doha, Qatar, and Russia and China veto U.S. Gaza cease-fire resolution.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Tom White, director of Gaza affairs for the UN Relief and Works Agency. He says his agency's aid workers have been hit several times while operating in Gaza.

The record number headlined the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' annual "Global Trends" report published Wednesday, just a day before World Refugee Day.

The U.N. Security Council had a contentious session on Russia's pressure campaign against Ukraine. Most council members are urging Russia to take a diplomatic path.

"This is the first time that this has happened in recent years," said Martin Griffiths of the United Nations, about the reduced ask. Why in a time of greater need is the U.N. lowering its appeal?

In a summit in Russia, President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showed how geopolitical tensions have brought the two neighbors isolated by the West into closer alignment.

Elisabetta (Elza van den Heever) sings of the revenge she will take on Maria Stuarda.

The U.K. expelled the residents of the Indian Ocean islands and allowed the U.S. to build a military base. The U.N. Court says it must cede control of the islands "as rapidly as possibly."

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Peter Galbraith, a former United Nations diplomat for Afghanistan, about U.S. military and political missteps during the last 20 years.

The United Nations held a new round of talks on bringing Afghanistan into the international fold. For the first time, the Taliban participated -- but women's rights advocates were not invited.