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Samantha Power, the U.S. envoy to the U.N., is on a multi-nation swing through West Africa to see how the global response to the deadly virus is faring.

The main group opposing the Assad regime had issued an ultimatum saying it would pull out unless the invitation to Tehran was revoked.

The incoming far-right president said he requested the change. Environmentalists are worried about how the Bolsonaro administration will handle environmental issues.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alok Sharma, president of the United Nations climate change conference COP 26, which is set to take place in Glasgow after being postponed a year.

Doan Thi Huong will plead guilty to a lesser charge. All charges against her Indonesian co-defendant, Siti Aisyah, were unexpectedly dropped last month. North Korea very likely ordered the killing.

The push by Syrian government forces and their allies in the northern city of Aleppo has also displaced some 51,000 civilians since the beginning of last week, according to the U.N.

But they also opposed a resolution that condemns "widespread and systematic" human rights violations in Syria.

A United Nations report accuses both Israel and Hamas of possible war crimes during the war in Gaza last summer.

The WikiLeaks founder took refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in 2012. Assange faces an allegation of rape in Sweden and an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

While President Biden has been working with world leaders on the pressing issue of climate change, his domestic plans for more funding still face holdouts.