Buddhist monks offer prayers for the departed soul of the victims of flash flood on the bank of Trishuli river in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R), US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (C) and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (L) attend a joint press conference following their talks in Kyiv on September 6, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Armed tribesmen and Yemeni army forces keep watch at the frontline area of Al-Jadafer, Marib, near the border with Al-Jawf governorate, on September 6, 2020. (photo: Sana'a Center)
A general view of the meeting between senior federal Iraqi security delegation and Kurdistan Region's senior Peshmerga and security officers in Baghdad. (Photo: INA)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff (R) and Jared Kushner (C) prior to their talks in Kyiv on Sept. 6, 2026. (AFP)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (3rd L), US special envoy Steve Witkoff (3rd R) and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (R) in Moscow, Sept. 5, 2026. (AFP)
Oil tankers burn in the Strait of Hormuz, illustrating the escalating war between Iran and the United States and the growing threat to regional energy and maritime security. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
(L to R), President Masoud Barzani, Iraqi Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi, Qasim al-Araji, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s Security Advisor. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP)
This picture taken from an area on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the nearby area of al-Mansouri on Sep. 2, 2026. (AFP)
Ghalibaf, an influential figure, has grown in prominence since the start of the war and was the lead negotiator in the so far only round of direct US-Iranian talks. (AFP)
