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This month, investigators learned that some peacekeepers were paying girls less than $1 for sex in the Central Africa Republic. It's part of a pattern of abuse. Can the U.N. stop it?

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.

The head of the U.N. mission in Syria said monitoring activities were being put on hold because of escalating violence in the country. Scott Simon talks with NPR's Deborah Amos about the situation.

Amid intense fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, diplomatic efforts to end the conflict are in full force this weekend. The United States and France put forward a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an end to the fighting and for U.N. peacekeepers to patrol the Israeli-Lebanese border.

More than a week after Typhoon Haiyan decimated parts of the Philippines, many residents there are still awaiting help to secure food and shelter. The official death toll has climbed to more than 3,600. And the United Nations now estimates that the storm left nearly 2 million people homeless.

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.

Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, has been a fierce advocate for President Trump's policies at the United Nations. It is not immediately clear what prompted the move.

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.

President Bush nominates Undersecretary of State John Bolton to be the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton has been critical of the United Nations, but he insists his past remarks will not hinder his effectiveness as a diplomat.

Israeli airstrikes have hit several UNRWA schools where people are sheltering, the Gaza Health Ministry says at least 23 people, many of them women and children, were killed and more than 70 wounded.