Biden used his wide-ranging address on Tuesday to speak to the need to end the Middle East conflict and highlight U.S. and Western allies’ support for Kyiv after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

President Joe Biden declared the U.S. must not retreat from the world.

President Biden's final U.N. address emphasises U.S. global engagement, Middle East peace, and AI concerns.

“I’ve seen a remarkable sweep of history,” the president said. “I know many look at the world today and see difficulties and react with despair but I do not.”

President Joe Biden declared the US must not retreat from the world, as he delivered his final address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday as Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon edged toward all-out war and Israel’s bloody operation against Hamas in Gaza neared the one-year mark. Biden used his wide-ranging address to speak to a need to end the Middle East conflict and the 17-month-old civil war in Sudan and to highlight US and Western allies' support for Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

Joe Biden has delivered his final address as U.S. president to the U.N. General Assembly.

Biden appears before top UN gathering for last time

By Anita Powell President Joe Biden warned against a full-scale war in Lebanon and said it is time to end the conflict in Gaza, as he delivered his final address Tuesday to hundreds of leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. “A full-scale war is not in anyone’s interest,” Biden said,...