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The resolution calls for expanded humanitarian aid to be allowed into Gaza.

The United Nations is planning to send 4,000 more peacekeeping troops to South Sudan. NPR's Scott Simon talks to journalist Nichola Mandil about why the government is objecting to more peacekeepers.

Freemasons are best known for their secrecy, but they are having a very public dispute — about a ban on gay members. Freemasons in Tennessee will decide this week whether to lift the ban.

Forget high-tech gadgets that are supposed to make your life easier. Today, we're writing about ... Nothing. Pim de Graaff, a copywriter from Amsterdam, creates handmade black wooden blocks called Nothing to remind you that you already have enough stuff.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Lee, the former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press, and Georgetown University's Angela Stent, about the upcoming meeting between Kim Jong Un and Putin.

Suggested reforms to the law would dispel any ambiguity or confusion over the role of Congress when it comes to counting votes for a future presidential election.

"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?

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Greg Miller of The Los Angeles Times about his story paper concerning flaws in Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech to the United Nations in February 2003. The speech, which was written by the CIA and became a central point in the reasons to go to war against Iraq, was found to have information that was disputed by experts at the State Department.

The U.N. human rights chief says authorities should look for ways to release people in detention who are especially vulnerable to the disease, such as those who are elderly or who have health issues.

President Biden outlined his vision for how the U.S. will help the world slow global warming and aid developing countries suffering its effects.