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  • U.N.: Civilian Casualities Rise In Afghanistan
    The United Nations has just released a grim report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan over the last year. Casualties rose 14 percent in 2013, with nearly 3,000 people killed and more than 5,500 injured.
  • Rice Urges U.N. Unity on Iraq
    With the U.N. Security Council locked in a debate over a new resolution demanding that Iraq disarm or face war, the Bush administration's mantra continues: War is the president's last choice, but Saddam Hussein has very little time left. The message was delivered again by National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice in an interview with NPR's Juan Williams for Morning Edition. Her remarks held out faint hope for a diplomatic solution to the crisis, if the Security Council acts.
  • Anthony Banbury (second from left) just completed his final tour of West Africa before stepping down as the head of U.N.'s Ebola mission.
    U.N.'s Anthony Banbury: Zero Cases Of Ebola Is The Only Option
    Anthony Banbury is stepping down as the head of the U.N.'s Ebola mission. He says the Ebola can't become entrenched in West Africa. And he thinks the fight is heading in the right direction.
  • Deforestation is a major threat to the survival of orangutan. Here a baby sumatran orangutan plays around in a tree as they train at Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme's rehabilitation center in Indonesia.
    A U.N. biodiversity convention aims to slow humanity's 'war with nature'
    Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada to try to fix humanity's relationship with nature. The convention comes during an emerging extinction crisis.
  • In this photo provided by the International Organization for Migration, an injured person is carried on a stretcher to seek medical assistance after a landslide in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, Friday, May 24, 2024. More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in the landslide that buried a village and an emergency response is underway, officials said.
    U.N. estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide
    The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670.
  • U.N. Team Finds Empty Warheads in Iraq
    U.N. weapons inspectors find 11 empty chemical warheads in an ammunition storage area in southern Iraq. They are said to be in excellent condition, but it's unclear if they've ever actually contained chemical agents. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.
  • U.N. Report Calls for Expanded Security Council
    A new report commissioned by U.N Secretary General Kofi Annan calls for the expansion of the Security Council. The report also sets out criteria for the use of force, and encourages the Security Council to consider preventive action to deal with latent threats. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.
  • Iraq Set to Detail Weapons for U.N. Inspectors
    The U.N. expects Saturday delivery of an Iraqi accounting of chemical, biological and nuclear programs. Iraqi officials say the report will be exhaustive, but will produce no previously undisclosed information. Hear NPR's Michele Kelemen and Christopher Joyce.
  • Annan's U.N. Legacy Divided into Two Terms
    Author James Traub talks about Kofi Annan's legacy at the U.N. The secretary-general gives his farewell speech in Independence, Mo., on Monday.
  • On Blast Oct. 6
    WEAA News Director Julius White and Dr. Fred Kendrick of Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism and Communication join forces to bring you…
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