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Korva speaks with NPR's Michael Skoler in Kinshasa, where the Zairian army is forcing United Nations aid workers to take crates of weapons and ammunition aboard their relief flights to a refugee camp in embattled eastern Zaire. Skoler says the Zairian government is arming former Rwandan Hutu soldiers in the camps to help them blunt an anti-goverment offensive by Zairian Tutsi rebel forces.

But the country with the highest prevalence of modern-day slavery is Mauritania. That's according to a report released Thursday by the Walk Free Foundation, an anti-slavery group. The numbers are in line with previous estimates from the U.N. and the State Department.

A group of African nations requested the urgent debate on racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death. The U.S. is no longer a member of the U.N.'s top human rights body.

Most of them are from Syria, Africa and South Asia. The International Organization for Migration says this is the highest migration flow since World War II.

The UN's top humanitarian and emergency relief official has told NPR that the lack of attention from world leaders to the war in Sudan is the "billion dollar question".

Ben Simmons had a triple-double of 18 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds as the 76ers outscored the Nets, 145-123. The All-Star guard was 8-for-12 from…

Kenny Agostino, Kevin Rooney and Damon Severson each had a goal and an assist as the Devils doubled up the Oilers, 6-3. Cory Schneider backstopped the…

Also: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C) meets President Trump today over his Charlottesville response; Myanmar's leader won't attend a U.N. session over the Rohingya crisis; and new crew join the space station.

Envoys from more than 100 nations met in Paris on Friday seeking an end to the bloodshed in Syria. According to the French hosts, the participants agreed to seek a new U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorize the use of force against the government of President Bashar Assad.