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U.N. Ambassador John Bolton announces that he will step down at the end of his temporary appointment, which expires in a few weeks along with the current session of Congress. Bolton faced a tough, if not impossible, fight for Senate confirmation.

The Security Council temporarily moves to Kenya to deliberate on possible solutions to the 21-year-long civil war in Sudan. An estimated 2 million people have died since the war began in 1983. The council will also discuss the continuing crisis in the Darfur region. Hear NPR's Jason Beaubien.

The language in the U.S. mission's announcement led some to misinterpret it as meaning that Washington would reduce its own contribution by $285 million next year.

Also: Blizzard conditions will strike parts of the northeast today; how the U.K. could punish Russia for its apparent use of a nerve agent; and UConn is the first women's NCAA basketball seed.

Also: The Texas church shooter had a history of domestic violence; combing through changes in the House GOP tax legislation; and understanding people with blindness through meals served in the dark.

The Sustainable Development Goals refer to the needs a woman has when she has her period but don't use the "m" word.

As fighting escalates in northwest Syria, the U.N. estimates that thousands of Syrians are being displaced every day.

Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada to try to fix humanity's relationship with nature. The convention comes during an emerging extinction crisis.

The United States takes over the UN Security Council at a time when the international community is struggling to revive a grain deal with Russia and Ukraine and agree on a security force for Haiti.

With allegations of massive fraud surrounding Iraq's oil-for-food program, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) calls for the resignation of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Annan's son has been implicated in the scandal. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.