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Dina Temple-Raston reports on refugees fleeing western Sudan as Arab militia sweep through villages in violent raids. The United Nations has called the raids in Sudan an ethnic cleansing campaign against black Sudanese.

Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had questions and criticism Monday for John Bolton, President Bush's nominee as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Democrats fault Bolton for his past vocal criticism of the international body.

Delegates at the U.N. climate talks in Paris have agreed on final draft text for a deal to curb global warming. NPR's Christopher Joyce joins NPR's Scott Simon with the latest from Paris.

One of the biggest topics President Obama is expected to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week is the hacking of U.S. companies by China. American officials say the issue threatens relations between the countries, and the U.S. is threatening to impose sanctions.

U.N. arms inspectors search two outbuildings of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's primary palace. Meanwhile, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency consults with Russian officials on Iraq. Hear NPR's Michele Norris, Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post and NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

Iraq says it is studying a U.N. order to dismantle its Al Samoud 2 missile program, but withholds making a decision on the order. Meanwhile, as the possibility of war with Iraq increases, the Bush administration's new new office of postwar planning scrambles to organize a strategy. Hear journalist Paul Eedle and NPR's Jackie Northam.

A U.N. report on the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says Lebanese authorities bungled their probe of his death, and demands a new international investigation. Michael Young, opinion page editor of The Daily Star newspaper in Beirut, discusses the report.

Thousands of medical workers have left the country. Those who remain at public institutions earn very low wages — and often have to moonlight to make ends meet.

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.

A U.N. aid agency working to provide aid to Gaza has suspended operations after one of its truck drivers was killed by Israeli fire. Earlier, Israel declared another brief lull to allow in humanitarian supplies. Meanwhile, three rockets launched from Lebanon landed in Israel.