U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters on September 22, 2026 in New York City. (Photo: AFP)
Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi (L) meeting with US Special Envoy for Iraq & Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack during his visit in Baghdad on June 15, 2026. (AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, C-R, Nicole Duranton, Chair of the French-Iraqi Parliamentary Friendship Committee, Sept. 22, 2026. (KRG)
Russia's Central Electoral Commission head Ella Pamfilova (L-1st) speaks at the commission's headquarters after the polls closed in Russia's parliamentary election, Moscow, Sept. 20, 2026. (AFP)
Photo shows Peshmerga forces stand in formation during their graduation ceremony at Bnaslawa Training Center in the Kurdistan Region, Dec. 19, 2019. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box to count votes in Russia's parliamentary election in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, Sept. 20, 2026. (AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with outgoing Maher Al-Karaki, Consul General of Palestine, Sept. 20, 2026. (Photo: KRG)