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At the U.N. Security council, three delegates of Iraq's U.S.-appointed governing council outline an ambitious reform program for the nation, from politics to education to the justice system. Most Security Council members welcome the appointment of the governing council, but call for a timetable for ending the U.S. military occupation. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Kim Jong Un ended 2017 claiming that North Korea's nuclear arsenal could strike anywhere in the United States. NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with former senior State Department official Evans Revere.

The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.

Nearly 11,000 more were injured. The toll includes four Americans who died at a Mount Everest base camp. In addition to food, the U.N. says medical supplies are desperately needed.

An American, Michael Sharp, and a Swede, Zaida Catalan, went missing while traveling in the country. Authorities confirmed Tuesday their remains, and those of their interpreter, were found.

The survey of 10,000 men in six Asian and Pacific countries found nearly 1 in 4 men reported raping a woman. The results of the survey were released the same day a court in New Delhi convicted four men of the rape and murder that shocked India last December.

Also: Economic growth revised downward; U.S. issues report on attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers; more accusations of sexual abuse leveled at former Philadelphia Daily News sports columnist.

Also: How smoke from western wildfires affects your lungs; at least 90 are now dead in Mexico's earthquake; and the new Miss America is Miss North Dakota.

Also: A published report lists Special Counsel Mueller's questions for President Trump; Pompeo on Israel's documents regarding Iran's nuclear plans; and renowned taekwondo master Jhoon Rhee dies.

Also: New fissures open from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano; hurricane forecasters are watching a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico; and there's a new suicide attack in Malaysia.