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The latest twist in the already contentious election process throws it further into crisis. It's looking likely that a new president won't be inaugurated by Sept. 2, as had been the plan.

So far, the president's trip to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly appears to be anything but a success for Brazil or the country's image after a series of blunders early this week.

The U.N. Environment Program has released its annual Emissions Gap Report. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to international climate policy expert Elliot Diringer about the findings.

U.N. weapons inspectors have issued their report on last month's chemical weapons attack in Syria. Anthony Cordesman, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, tells Steve Inskeep that the report bolsters U.S. and European charges that the Assad regime deployed the sarin gas.

The U.S. and China say they'll work together to limit methane emissions. Environmental experts say the agreement has more significance for geopolitics than it does for climate change.

Russia's action was universally condemned in an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting, which concluded with no action taken.

We look at what happened during the first week of the United Nation's annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Noel King speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield about how the U.S. plans to address pressing humanitarian crises like those unfolding in Ethiopia and Syria.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Juliette Touma of the United Nations about deteriorating conditions for civilians inside Gaza.

A new report from the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime finds that violent conflict is creating new opportunities for traffickers — and children and girls are increasingly targeted.