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For the sixth year in a row, more than 10,000 civilians were killed or injured in armed conflict in Afghanistan, according to the United Nations. Total casualties in the past decade topped 100,000.

It's all part of the crazy, creative campaign to get people to pay attention to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that the United Nations will endorse this coming week.

The United Nations Security Council meets on Ukraine, as Russia mobilizes more forces and Ukraine accuses Russia of fresh atrocities in Izium.

A crackdown in the Chinese region of Xinjiang (sheen-jang) may constitute crimes against humanity. That's according to a long-delayed United Nations human rights report.

Brought in to restore peace and stabilize the western hemisphere's poorest nation, the U.N. force, which at its height had more than 7,000 troops, has left a mixed and sometimes deadly legacy.

U.S. military officials are worried about the connections between ISIS and Boko Haram. U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power visited the African country of Chad, which is threatened by both groups.

Also: U.S. resumes drone strikes against targets in Pakistan; Australian billionaire says he's building "Titanic II;" chances of military action against Iran are lower, experts say.

Cigarette smuggling has been the focus of a United Nations conference in New York this week.

One month after a bombing that killed 21 people at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, the organization has sharply reduced its humanitarian efforts in Iraq. U.N. officials say they are struggling to deliver food, water and medical services with a much thinner staff. Hear U.N. Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland.

Also: Inspectors in Syria are still trying to visit the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack; more flooding is feared in Hawaii; and tumbleweeds pile up dramatically in southern California.