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Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84. And, today, voters in New York, Virginia and New Jersey choose new leaders in key races.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his first U.N. General Assembly, returning to Washington in time for the first in-person Quad summit, a diplomatic group aimed at China.

"Iran is so strong," Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee tells NPR, and "the consequences would be devastating for [Israel] and maybe for whoever helped them. ... There are wise enough people around the world to tell them not to do such a crazy thing."

At the GOP debate in Miami, five Republicans sparred over top issues include the Israel-Hamas war, Ukraine, China, abortion and Social Security. Here's what you need to know.

Iran's new president has made his first appearance at the United Nations General Assembly. Hassan Rouhani has been signaling that his government wants a thaw in relations with the West, and may be ready to strike a deal on Iran's suspect nuclear program. There are, however, deep suspicions on both sides.

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.

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.

Representatives of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council will meet in Geneva Saturday to discuss a U.S. resolution seeking military and financial assistance in postwar Iraq. But European nations that opposed the U.S.-led war are demanding that the United States hand over more authority in Iraq to the United Nations. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara.

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.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Abe Denmark, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, about the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin.