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President Obama speaks at the U.N. Climate Summit on Tuesday. Discussing America's past, Obama told the group, "We recognize our role in creating this problem."

Obama Calls For More Ambitious Approach To Climate Change In U.N. Speech

"There is such a thing as being too late," President Obama says in his address to the U.N. Climate Summit. The White House is touting tools to boost "global resilience" in the face of climate change.

Weekly Un-Innovation: There's Nothing To See Here

Forget high-tech gadgets that are supposed to make your life easier. Today, we're writing about ... Nothing. Pim de Graaff, a copywriter from Amsterdam, creates handmade black wooden blocks called Nothing to remind you that you already have enough stuff.

Putin's meeting with Kim Jong Un is about getting weapons and ammunition, experts say

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Lee, the former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press, and Georgetown University's Angela Stent, about the upcoming meeting between Kim Jong Un and Putin.

Humanitarian crises abound. Why is the U.N. asking for less aid money than last year?

"This is the first time that this has happened in recent years," said Martin Griffiths of the United Nations, about the reduced ask. Why in a time of greater need is the U.N. lowering its appeal?

Details of Powell's Iraq Speech at the U.N.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Greg Miller of The Los Angeles Times about his story paper concerning flaws in Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech to the United Nations in February 2003. The speech, which was written by the CIA and became a central point in the reasons to go to war against Iraq, was found to have information that was disputed by experts at the State Department.

A giant inflatable toilet in front of U.N. headquarters marked World Toilet Day on November 19, 2014.

Check Out Every Single One Of The U.N.'s Special Days

March 21 is especially popular — it's got five "international days," from World Poetry Day to International Day of Forests.

Inmates point from inside the La Modelo facility in Bogotá, Colombia, on Sunday. Violence broke out in the prison out of inmates' fears that prison guards are not doing enough to prevent coronavirus inside overcrowded prisons.

U.N. Calls For Countries To Reduce Prison Populations

The U.N. human rights chief says authorities should look for ways to release people in detention who are especially vulnerable to the disease, such as those who are elderly or who have health issues.

Biden addresses UN climate conference in Egypt

President Biden outlined his vision for how the U.S. will help the world slow global warming and aid developing countries suffering its effects.

Syrian rebels fire locally made shells against government forces in Aleppo. The U.N. is seeking to freeze hostilities in the city.

UN Envoy: Syria Agrees To Proposed Break In Airstrikes On Aleppo

The city has been the subject of bitter fighting, with rebels and government forces dividing a place that was once a productive economic engine. The U.N. wants to create a "freeze" on violence there.

Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan, in 2012. The organization has reportedly split over disagreements about tactics.

Pakistani Taliban Reportedly Split Over 'Un-Islamic' Practices

After months of bloody clashes between the two factions, one group says it has left because bombings of public places, extortion and kidnappings are "un-Islamic."

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