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Back in 2012, Emelin asked the mayor to help the girls of her town. He laughed in her face. But she didn't give up. This week, she told the U.N. General Assembly about her efforts.

In an interview with NPR about her new book, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said she made an effort to avoid "toxic" and "trashy" Washington — and that she'll campaign for Trump in 2020.

In the aftermath of several police shootings of unarmed black men, many police departments are holding community forums to talk to residents about policing.

After a four-day visit to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, she reports progress — along with the need for continued support.

A new book looks at words that self-appointed linguistic police have declared contraband, like "lunch," which should be a verb, and "balding," a participle formed from an adjective instead of a verb.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield was grilled by members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about a speech she gave at a Chinese-backed institution on the campus of Savannah State University in 2019.

The plan authorizes a security force in the devastated territory and envisions a possible path to an independent Palestinian state. Russia, which had circulated a rival resolution, abstained along with China on the 13-0 vote.

Annan served two terms as United Nations Secretary-General before creating the Kofi Annan Foundation. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.

More than 35,000 were wounded during the same period. "The violence suffered by civilians in Iraq remains staggering," the report states, pointing to the "scourge" of ISIS.

A United Nations report out Friday documents systematic rape and other war crimes by government troops in South Sudan. NPR takes a look at the report and others documenting violence in the world's newest country.