U.S. troops are set to end their military mission in Iraq on Wednesday, closing Operation Inherent Resolve as the ISIS threat wanes but Iran-backed militias remain armed.

The 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) concluded on Monday with artificial intelligence (AI), the Israel-Palestine conflict and the US-Israel war on Iran dominating world leaders' addresses during the general debate. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his final address before his term ends, warned that the future of the world would be shaped by four tests: AI, climate change, wars and inequality. That is why the UN Charter - and the work of the United Nations - matter more than ever," Guterres said. Speeches ranged from calls to reform the UN to appeals for upholding international law, as the global body has been undermined by the unilateral foreign policy pushed by United States President Donald Trump. Here are the biggest takeaways from this year's summit: The situation in Palestine was a key issue among members amid Israel's ongoing genocidal war on Gaza despite the so-called "ceasefire" and escalating settler pogroms in the occupied West Bank.

'This is an apartheid regime' Does Trump have real leverage over Netanyahu? A documentary that accuses Israel of using AI to carry out mass civilian killings in Gaza will be available to stream online for free once its theatrical rollout in more than 50 countries is complete. Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham, who co-directed NAZA with fellow Israeli filmmaker Rachel Szor, announced on Thursday that viewers will be able to stream the award-winning film from November on The Guardian's website. The UK newspaper helped produce the film. "We made the film to spark a public discussion about the [Israeli] government's actions in Gaza, the killing of more than 73,000 people, most of them civilians, the normalisation of a war of extermination, of the notion that'there are no uninvolved'," he added.

Gaza now has a $2.45bn six-month recovery plan, from housing and hospitals to security and 4G. But major questions remain over Israeli withdrawal, Hamas's disarmament and how much control Palestinians will have. OpenAI CEO: Tech companies don't'have all the answers' on AI policy Sikorski: Russia doesn't have the forces to invade NATO Why have some nations developed while others struggle? Spain's Sanchez warns of far-right threat in UNGA speech Venezuela's Rodriguez pledges elections, path forward in UNGA speech Iran's president brings receipts of US strikes on civilians to the UNGA

"NAZA" Puts Israel Face to Face with the War in Gaza In this documentary, Israeli military and intelligence sources reveal systems, policies, and practices that have resulted in high numbers of civilian deaths and widespread destruction. In November, 2023, and April, 2024, the Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham wrote a pair of articles about the high number of civilian casualties in the attacks that Israel launched in Gaza in response to Hamas's massacre of Israelis on October 7, 2023. In these pieces, which appeared in English in and in Hebrew in, Abraham (who discussed his work with my colleague Isaac Chotiner after the second piece appeared) reported that these civilian deaths were the result of specific policies of the Israel Defense Forces. The I.D.F. had adopted a broad definition of legitimate human targets and was using A.I. to select them; it intentionally destroyed nonmilitary buildings and had chosen to accept a high level of collateral damage. These pieces received some attention, including criticism from the Israeli government and other journalists, but the response fell well short of public uproar.

Iran's president tells Trump it will never'bend the knee' Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has told the UN General Assembly that it will never bend the knee after almost seven months of war with the US and Israel, but is ready for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. Responding to US President Donald Trump's threat to annihilate the Islamic Republic if a deal is not reached soon, Pezeshkian said: He must know that the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase in the face of sanctions, increased pressure, increased bullying. He also insisted any deal would have to include an end to the US blockade of Iranian ships and ports. It cannot be the case that everyone benefits from the Strait of Hormuz while we are denied access, he said. The Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil and gas shipments usually pass, has effectively been closed since the start of the war in late February due to Iranian missile and drone attacks on commercial vessels and the US blockade.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani fired back at Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli PM accused him of supporting Hamas and inciting unrest against Jewish New Yorkers.

Is the war entering a new phase? UN faces its toughest test under Trump's attacks in 80 years World leaders gather in New York City to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting, where the US-Israel war on Iran, Russia's war on Ukraine and the risks of artificial intelligence are expected to dominate discussions. United States President Donald Trump, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and French President Emmanuel Macron are among the leaders taking the podium on Tuesday.

Fake and divisive ads proliferate in Israel's first AI election Artificial intelligence-crafted distortions are saturating the Israeli information environment just weeks before the country's most consequential elections in decades. In a recent video widely circulated online, Israel's top justices and its attorney general are seen being dragged by security guards from a chaotic anti-government protest that never took place. The 33 seconds of emotionally-charged footage was originally posted by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a fierce opponent of the judiciary, and triggered an immediate backlash. Critics said it incited violence, while supporters said it was justified because they accuse the leaders of Israel's legal system of a left-wing plot to stymie the government's policies. But the depicted scenes are fake -- no such protest took place and the video carries a tell-tale watermark to identify content made using artificial intelligence.

Germany's federal prosecutor indicted seven people for allegedly securing weapons and ammunition for Hamas to launch terrorism attacks targeting Jewish communities.