The Latest: Ukraine president lambasts Russia

Addressing the 71st session of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, Poroshenko accused Russia of "financing, sponsorship, and coordination of terrorist groups which have committed countless crimes against my compatriots."

The conflict in eastern Ukraine between Russian-backed separatist rebels and Ukrainian government troops has killed more than 9,600 people since it erupted in April 2014, according to the United Nations.

Representatives of Ukraine and separatist rebels agreed Wednesday to pull back troops and weapons from several areas in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to uphold a fragile peace agreement reached in February 2015 in Minsk.

Former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi is making her first speech at the U.N. General Assembly since she formed a democratically elected government in Myanmar.

Suu Kyi says that when the people of Myanmar voted to elect her party to lead a new civilian government last November, shifting from decades of military rule, they were exercising their right to fashion their dreams and aspirations for their country.

A senior Saudi official is warning that any attempt by the U.S. government to hold his country responsible in connection with elements of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center could backfire.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud also told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that the desert kingdom sees "a good relation with Iran," amid heightened tensions between the two neighbors.

U.S. Congress this month sent President Barack Obama a bipartisan bill that gives victims' families the right to sue in U.S. court for any role that elements of the Saudi government may have played in the 2001 attacks.

Afghanistan says "merciless attacks from terrorist groups" against its civilians are being planned and organized on Pakistani territory.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his country's people are "holding their breath" as they watch the U