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The U.N.'s chief weapons inspectors begin a new round of talks in Iraq, while President Bush reasserts that with or without U.N. support, the U.S. will "take whatever action is necessary" to "disarm the Iraqi regime." U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urges no "unilateral action" on Iraq. NPR's Anne Garrells reports.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to take disciplinary action against current and former officials involved in the oil-for-food program for Iraq. Mismanagement of the program -- designed to help Iraqis under U.N. sanctions during Saddam Hussein's rule -- has tarnished the U.N.'s reputation.

The U.S. and other countries withdrew funding in response to allegations that 12 employees of the UN agency were involved in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he is anguished by recurrent allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers. The head of the Central African Republic U.N. mission was ousted Wednesday.

And Russia cut off gas supplies to neighboring countries in retaliation for sanctions.

The resolution calls for expanded humanitarian aid to be allowed into Gaza.

The city has been the subject of bitter fighting, with rebels and government forces dividing a place that was once a productive economic engine. The U.N. wants to create a "freeze" on violence there.

After months of bloody clashes between the two factions, one group says it has left because bombings of public places, extortion and kidnappings are "un-Islamic."

A new UN report lays out the humanitarian crises unfolding in Ukraine.

The Israeli army releases results of its investigation into the death of a U.N. worker in the West Bank, saying he was mistakenly shot by an Israeli soldier who mistook his cellphone for a grenade. A Palestinian spokesman denies that Palestinians were shooting from inside a U.N. compound at the time. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports.