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Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, spoke of civilians being detained, interrogated and dying in the custody of Myanmar's military.

Britain, the United States' chief war ally, reaches out to other nations by promoting a lead role for the United Nations in post-war Iraq. But U.S. officials remain deeply divided over the issue of U.N. involvement and other crucial questions of post-war planning. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Thousands of people are trapped in the Yarmouk camp, where water and supplies are lacking. The area under Syrian military siege for two years is now threatened by Islamic State militants.

Michael Moore's documentary about President Bush's war on terror -- Fahrenheit 9/11 -- has won the Palme d'Or, top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The politically charged film explores the links between the Bush family and Saudi Arabia. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Los Angeles Times film critic Ken Turan.

The territory, which is ineligible for bankruptcy, filed to begin a similar procedure tailor-made for its more than $70 billion debt crisis, which is likely to dwarf Detroit's 2013 Chapter 9 filing.

China was among those voting against the resolution, saying human rights were being politicized. Ukraine's U.N. ambassador said the case for suspending Russia is "obvious and self-explanatory."

President Trump makes his United Nations debut this week and he's making a big push to cut the U.N.'s budget. The State Department plans to have a smaller footprint as part of this effort.

Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed, according to the United Nations agency promoting gender equality.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says during a visit to the Ukraine that U.N. rules against torture apply to U.S. personnel worldwide. U.S. policy previously interpreted the international convention as only applying to activities in U.S. territory.

Turkey's rebranding campaign, which began in December, is characterized as an effort to better represent its culture abroad. It also distances the country from some less-flattering associations.