Photo shows first recorded sighting of the Shikra bird in Kurdistan Region's Barzan area by Wildlife Photographer Sabr Dri. (Photo: Sabr Dri/Instagram)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi during their meeting in Saint Petersburg on April 27, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Israeli army soldiers patrol in their humvees along the border with southern Lebanon, in the Upper Galilee of northern Israel, on April 25, 2026. (AFP)
Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Aug. 22, 2021. (U.S. Air Force)
Former President Bashar al-Assad (C), and Former brigadier general under the Assad regime, Atif Najib (R), and Amjad Youssef, a former intelligence official under the Assad regime (L). (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
national flags of Russia and North Korea fly in the wind during a ceremony marking the connection of the two sides of the new Russia-North Korea road bridge over the Tumen River, set to open this summer. (Photo: AFP)
(L-R), White House PS Karoline Leavitt, First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, and CBS correspondent Weijia Jiang attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. (AFP)
