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Israel and Hamas have ignored a U.N. Security Council call for an immediate cease-fire. Israel continued attacks in Gaza and Hamas kept up with its rocketing of Israel. Meanwhile, U.N. officials said they plan to resume aid to Gaza as soon as practical.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, about the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

U.N. inspectors verify that North Korea shut down its only nuclear reactor. But Western governments want Pyongyang to give up nuclear weapons. Six-party talks are to resume this week. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill talks with Steve Inskeep.

Lawmakers in the House have voted to cut U.S. funding to the United Nations, unless the body agrees to a list of reforms. NPR's Juan Williams analyzes the vote and the chances of John Bolton becoming U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

The way we offer assistance to people fleeing conflict no longer works, says Paul Spiegel, a former director of program management at the U.N. refugee agency. He has a few ideas about how to fix it.

In Copenhagen on Sunday, scientists gathered to issue their latest assessment of the world's climate. Their report is considered the most comprehensive overview of the state of climate science.

The visit to Beijing was Kim Jong Un's first foreign trip since taking power in 2011, and it follows North Korea's recent agreement to hold talks with the leaders of South Korea and the United States.

The final day of COP26, the UN's conference where global leaders and delegates are negotiating crucial and concrete strategies to limit greenhouse gas emissions, is underway in Glasgow, Scotland.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Richard Trenchard, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' representative in Afghanistan, about a worsening hunger crisis there.

France, Denmark and Indonesia pledge to contribute to a United Nations mission to Darfur, Sudan. The U.N. will send up to 26,000 peacekeepers to the region in an attempt to end the conflict that has killed more than 200,000 people in the last four years.