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President Donald Trump ordered a widening of U.S. sanctions on North Korea on Thursday to further choke off its trade with the outside world, in what some experts described as perhaps the most sweeping set of punitive economic measures enacted by the United States in many years.

"Trump Moves to Widen U.S. Trade Sanctions Against North Korea" is from the September 21, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and Somini Sengupta and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Gruesome billboards of a woman in a bloodied and torn bridal gown appeared around Beirut recently, captioned in Arabic: “A white dress doesn’t cover up rape.” This spring, a women’s rights group, Abaad, hung similarly defiled gowns along the city’s famous seaside promenade.

"End Marry-Your-Rapist Laws, Activists Say. Mideast Listens." is from the July 22, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Before and after he became president, Donald Trump made it pretty clear that he didn’t see much value in the United Nations. So when he named Nikki R. Haley as his choice for U.N. ambassador, many wondered whether he was simply shunting a tough critic into a trivial post.

"Once a Trump Critic, Haley Casts Herself as His Leading Diplomat" is from the April 08, 2017 International section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Kristi Burns.

The U.N. secretary-general, António Guterres, on Thursday called climate change “the most systemic threat to humankind” and urged world leaders to curb their countries’ greenhouse gas emissions.

"Biggest Threat to Humanity? Climate Change, U.N. Chief Says" is from the March 29, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenues during the past decade than they cost.

"Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees" is from the September 18, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Somini Sengupta and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

In the past week, Haley made it increasingly clear that she has no intention of being sidelined. To the contrary, as diplomats at the United Nations saw it, she managed to elbow herself into a leading, outspoken role in the Trump administration.

"Once a Trump Critic, Haley Casts Herself as His Leading Diplomat" is from the April 08, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

If the United States is “forced to defend itself and its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea,” President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

"Trump Threatens to ‘Totally Destroy’ North Korea" is from the September 19, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Megan Specia and Somini Sengupta and narrated by Kristi Burns.

The U.N. Security Council on Monday ratcheted up sanctions yet again against North Korea, but they fell significantly short of the far-reaching penalties that the Trump administration had demanded just days ago.

"U.N. Compromise Tightens Clamp on North Korea" is from the September 11, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Fewer than 25,000 civilians remain in what had been a city of 300,000. Those who fled described a death vise of airstrikes, artillery fire and land mines that litter every exit route.

"The Last Days of ISIS’ Capital: Airstrikes if You Stay, Land Mines if You Flee" is from the September 08, 2017 Middle East section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

A month ago, the secretary-general of the United Nations, António Guterres, warned that 20 million people would fall into famine if his aid agencies could not corral $4.4 billion by the end of March.

"U.N.’s Famine Appeal Is Billions Shy of Goal" is from the March 23, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

In a world filled with excess food, 20 million people are on the brink of famine, including 1.4 million children at imminent risk of death. In the face of such grim numbers, a stark question confronts the world’s most powerful: Why in 2017 can’t they avert such a seemingly archaic and preventable catastrophe?

"Why 20 Million People Are on Brink of Famine in a ‘World of Plenty’" is from the February 22, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

They are the ubiquitous face of the U.N. system: blue-helmeted peacekeepers scattered around the world’s war zones. But with the Trump administration threatening to cut funds for the United Nations and rethink the very utility of peacekeeping, the blue helmets are facing a significant overhaul that could affect the lives of civilians and, ultimately, the organization’s reputation.

"U.N. Peacekeeping Faces Overhaul as U.S. Threatens to Cut Funding" is from the March 24, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Russia and China blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution on Tuesday backed by the Trump administration that would have punished the Syrian government for using chemical weapons.

"Russia and China Veto Penalties on Syria Over Use of Chemical Arms" is from the February 28, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The Trump administration informed Congress on Monday that it had terminated U.S. funding for the U.N. Population Fund, the world’s leading provider of family planning services, including contraception, to women in at least 155 countries.

The United Nations Security Council went into emergency talks on Wednesday after the worst chemical attack in Syria in years, as condemnation of the assault poured in and as donor nations met in Brussels and called yet again for an end to the six-year war.

"U.N. Security Council Meets on Syrian Chemical Attack; Death Toll Over 100" is from the April 05, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and James Kanter and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

China tried unsuccessfully to calm newly volatile tensions on the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, proposing that North Korea freeze nuclear and missile programs in exchange for a halt to major military exercises by American and South Korean forces. The proposal was rejected hours later by the United States and South Korea.

"U.S. and South Korea Rebuff China’s Proposal to Defuse Korea Tensions" is from the March 09, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Chris Buckley and Somini Sengupta and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Gender is a useful wedge, though, when it comes to highlighting what has become one of their main planks: a critique of immigration, particularly from the Muslim world. The European far right has long seized on the hijab as a symbol of patriarchy; more recently it has said that attacks on gays and women in Muslim enclaves are evidence of the Islamic threat to European values.

"Political Strategy for Europe’s Far Right: Female Leaders Wooing Female Voters" is from the March 02, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Issuing a stark warning to allies and rivals abroad, the incoming ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, said Friday that the Trump administration would project “strength” and hold accountable those who do not back the United States.

"Haley Puts U.N. on Notice: U.S. Is ‘Taking Names’" is from the January 27, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

U.S. law already prohibits the use of U.S. taxpayer dollars for abortion services anywhere, including in countries where the procedure is legal. But this order takes it further. It freezes U.S. funding to health care providers in poor countries if they include abortion counseling or if they advocate the right to seek abortion in their countries.

"Trump Revives Ban on Foreign Aid to Health Groups if They Give Abortion Counseling" is from the January 23, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Kristi Burns.

On the morning of his first day of school, when he was 7, Abiy Ahmed heard his mother whispering into his ears.

"Can Ethiopia’s New Leader, a Political Insider, Change His Country from the Inside Out?" is from the September 17, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Kristi Burns.