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A multimillion-dollar deal to provide ski lifts for a resort in North Korea has been cancelled, after Switzerland's government decided the deal violated U.N. sanctions forbidding the export of luxury items to the country.

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres was in Moscow Tuesday for talks with Russian President Putin and his foreign minister. The focus: U.N. efforts to ease the civilian suffering in Ukraine.

A U.N. commission accuses Russian-backed Syrian forces and rebel factions of war crimes in Aleppo. Civilians "were increasingly left vulnerable to repeated violations by all sides," the report says.

Rachel Martin talks to Washington Post reporter Anna Fifield about her new book — The Great Successor — where she sought to piece together the puzzle of North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

Thousands of medical workers have left the country. Those who remain at public institutions earn very low wages — and often have to moonlight to make ends meet.

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin says the United Nations should lead the reconstruction and administration of post-war Iraq. At a speech in London, Villepin says the appearance of a U.S. military occupation must be avoided to ease tensions in the volatile Middle East region. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

A U.S.-sponsored resolution on Iraq is postponed at the United Nations, despite a flurry of compromises. The resolution sets Dec. 15 as the deadline for submitting an outline of the country's future. The draft also calls for a multi-national military force to help secure the nation. Hear NPR's Michele Kelemen.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to NPR's Don Gonyea about reaction to President Bush's address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday, where the president defended the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq as key to promoting democracy across the globe.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Anthony Cordesman, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about the possibilities and difficulties of arranging a transfer of sovereignty in Iraq. Cordesman suggests any U.N.-designed plan for a transfer must be practical in addition to being a symbolic transfer of sovereignty.

The news broke this week: Her controversial tenure as honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls will conclude on Friday.