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North Korea is expelling U.N. nuclear monitors and has resumed operations at a plant that can produce plutonium -- moves that have sparked talk of nuclear "brinksmanship" by the rogue nation. Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen talks with journalist Don Oberdorfer, who recently visited North Korea.

North Korea says it is expelling U.N. Atomic Energy Agency inspectors who had been monitoring a reactor that could be used to produce weapons-grade plutonium. U.S. officials denounce the expulsion and criticize North Korea's "broken commitments." NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

In a speech to the United Nations Tuesday, President Bush defended his decision to launch the war in Iraq, and asked for help with reconstruction there. Sen. John Kerry says the president has snubbed the U.N. too many times and lacks the international credibility needed to rally other nations to the cause. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

Russian officials insist they did not abuse Iraq's Oil for Food program, set up by the United Nations. The CIA has accused Russia's officials of helping Saddam Hussein subvert U.N. sanctions for money or oil deals. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Former U.N. weapons inspector David Kay's report on the search for banned Iraqi arms is receiving varying interpretations. Pointing to Kay's findings that Iraq intended to build chemical and biological weapons, President Bush finds support for claims that Saddam Hussein was a danger to the world. But congressional Democrats stress that no weapons have been found so far. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Britain names Jeremy Greenstock, its U.N. ambassador, as its special representative to Iraq. The appointment of Greenstock, a fluent Arabic speaker, comes as peacemaking and reconstruction efforts in Iraq encounter difficulties. In Basra, Iraqi officials say oil exports are on target to resume this month, but that post-war looting and sabotage of oil plants are hurting oil production. Hear NPR's Guy Raz and NPR's Nick Spicer.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says new rises in AIDS infection rates prove that the world has not done enough to combat the deadly disease. Annan, speaking as the 15th International AIDS conference began in Bangkok, challenged leaders to stop the spread of AIDS. Hear NPR's Craig Windham.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to NPR's Deborah Amos, reporting from Baghdad, about the reaction in Iraq to the United Nations resolution supporting the American and British plan for handing over power in Iraq. The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed the resolution on Tuesday.

Days before the war ended in 2002, The Special Court for Sierra Leone was established by the UN and the government of Sierra Leone. The court recently convicted three leaders of a rebel group of crimes against humanity. They will be sentenced in the coming weeks.

President Trump has ordered federal law enforcement agencies to begin policing the streets of Washington, D.C., citing crime in the city.