U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sept. 29 that technology executives had signed a voluntary agreement on artificial intelligence safeguards, describing their commitment to self-regulation as “morally binding.”

After more than a decade, the U.S.-led coalition is ending its mission in Iraq, having helped save the country from jihadists while causing persistent friction.

Russian strikes killed two people and wounded four others in the Ukrainian capital overnight, officials said on Sept. 30, as explosions rang across Kiev after a ballistic missile alert.

South Korea's spy agency believes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may have disclosed the transfer of two North Korean POWs to boost public support in South Korea for providing arms to Ukraine, a lawmaker said on Sept. 30.

Spain approved a third energy relief package on Sept. 29, limiting regulated gas tariff increases and extending fuel tax cuts until year-end to ease the economic impact of the U.S.-Iran conflict.