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U.N. to Consider Lifting Sanctions on Iraq

The United States plans to present the U.N. Security Council with a draft resolution Friday calling for the immediate end to sanctions on Iraq. U.S. officials hope to transfer the administration of Iraq's oil contracts from the United Nations to an international advisory board. Concerns over U.N. weapons inspections could stall the process. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Health workers collect the body of a cholera victim in Petionville, Haiti, in February 2011. The disease first appeared on the island in October 2010, likely introduced by U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal, possibly a single individual.

Why The U.N. Is Being Sued Over Haiti's Cholera Epidemic

The demands: a U.N. apology for bringing the disease to the island, reparations for victims, repairs to the water system. Meanwhile, a study shows the toll is far worse than previously thought.

U.N. Will Investigate Afghan Elections

The United Nations agrees to look into charges of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election. Before the investigation was announced, rivals of interim President Hamid Karzai had threatened to reject the vote. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Philip Reeves.

Putin Meets Kim Jong Un In Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held their first summit in Russia.

Palestinians in Gaza City hold up Lebanese and Hamas flags during a protest against the ongoing Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon.

U.N. Resolution Points to Peace in Lebanon

The U.N. Security Council calls for a full cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah militants. The plan envisions a 15,000-member U.N. peace force joining 15,000 Lebanese troops in southern Lebanon.

Many Texas prisons are regularly topping 90 degrees. The state is about to defend itself in court

A new comprehensive analysis of state data shows Texas prisons get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups. The state will be back in federal court to defend the conditions behind bars.

U.N. Peacekeepers Honored In Tanzania

On Thursday in Tanzania, the bodies of 14 United Nations peacekeepers killed last week in Democratic Republic of the Congo have been honored in a ceremony.

Parts of Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp, are seen from a helicopter in 2012 in northern Kenya.

Kenya Delays Closing World's Largest Refugee Camp For 6 Months

Kenya says it extended the deadline after a request from the U.N. The country says it is closing the camp because of security concerns, but rights groups worry about what it might mean for refugees.

Texans Rate Immigration Top State Concern, Economy Top U.S. Problem

By Shelley Kofler, KERA Newshttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kera/local-kera-992649.mp3Dallas, TX – Many Texans believe the biggest…

A volunteer fighter with a Shiite militant group known as Jihad Brigades aims his weapon during clashes with Islamic State group militants last month outside Tikrit, Iraq.

U.N. Report: 25,000 Foreign Fighters Joining Islamist Militant Groups

Thousands have left their homes en route to Iraq and Syria, which the U.N. report calls an "international finishing school" for extremists.

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