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Hurricane Florence turned Wilmington, N.C., from a peninsula into an island. People there are still suffering from loss of power, lots of road closures and are trying to cope.

As President Trump chairs a Security Council meeting, he's trying to rally the world around his stance on Iran. But his decision to pull the U.S. out of the nuclear deal remains unpopular.

President Trump may be the only world leader speaking in person at the U.N. General Assembly this year — at a time when the U.S. looks isolated after pulling out of many international agreements.

The state has filed a lawsuit against a Cleveland-area man for hoarding personal protective equipment that is sorely needed by health care workers...

From Fox & Friends to the State Department, and now possibly to the United Nations. President Trump says he will nominate the former journalist to be America's next U.N. ambassador.

The U.N. Security Council Saturday approved a resolution calling for the 30-day cease-fire, following one of the bloodiest weeks of aerial bombardment in the civil war that has devastated the country.

The Trump administration is withdrawing from 66 global groups, including U.N. entities that focus on climate and health issues.

The United Nations suspended food and relief aid to dangerous and hard-to-access areas in northeastern Nigeria, amid a catastrophic humanitarian crisis affecting half a million people.

Eastern Ghouta, a rebel-held area home to more than 350,000 people, has suffered a barrage of attacks for days, and civilian deaths are continuing. Now Russia is calling for a "humanitarian corridor."

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Zeid Raad Al Hussein, who recently stepped down from his United Nations post, about his thoughts on the state of human rights.