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The Vatican has faced two days of grilling before the U.N. Committee on Torture investigating the Catholic Church's handling of cases of sexual abuse by priests.

Also: Dozens of Kmart and Sears stories to close; al-Qaida in Iraq claims responsibility for last week's deadly bombings in Baghdad; "moving melee causes chaos" at Mall of America.

Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., resigns. NPR Diplomatic Correspondent Michele Kelemen talks about Haley's work there and what this might mean for President Trump's international policy.

NPR's Guy Raz wraps up the reaction in Europe to Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation outlining the threat posed by Saddam Hussein.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews The Interpreter starring Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman. Edelstein says Sydney Pollack's new film could use a lighter touch.

U.N.-led weapons inspections resume in Iraq for the first time in four years.

on the Security Council's hesitance to launch military interventions given its history of messy peacekeeping missions like Somalia. Most recently, the Council has resisted appeals to send troops to aid refugees in Zaire.

The faltering U.N. peace plan suffers another blow as the U.N. monitors announce a suspension of their activities. They say they could resume operations, but only if conditions improve.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said despite Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris accord, the U.S. is committed: "We're still in it." The sailing yacht with Greta Thunberg aboard will arrive soon.

The Pentagon and U.N. human rights investigators are in a standoff over access to the more than 500 people being held at the Guantanamo Bay military detention center. Last week, the Defense Department invited the United Nations to visit the base, but under conditions that the investigators say they cannot accept.