US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), alongside US State Department Counselor Michael Needham (L) and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa (R) at the State Department in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2026.. (AFP)
President Donald Trump, L, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, look at each other after their summit meeting at Gimhae International Airport, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP)
US Sec. of War Pete Hegseth (L), Indonesian MD Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, U.S. Air Force MG Kelly McKeague, Indonesian MG Agus Widodo (R) after signing an MOU at the Pentagon, April 13, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. (AFP)
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran in Islamabad on April 12, 2026. (AFP)
Shaikh Abdullah bin Ali Al Khalifa (right), Director General of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ahmed Ismail Al-Kurwi, the chargé d'affaires of the Iraqi embassy, April 13, 2026. (Photo: Bahrain’s official news agency)
The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, Iran’s first civilian nuclear reactor on the Gulf coast near Bushehr city, remains a flashpoint in the Middle East conflict. (Photo: AFP)
France's President Emmanuel Macron follows the coffin at the end of a national tribute to former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, March 26, 2026. (AP)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia summons Iraqi ambassador Safia Taleb Ali al-Suhail. (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia)
Map view showing the distance between Yanbu on the Red Sea coast and Al-Jubail in the Gulf, the two strategic endpoints of Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline linking key export routes across the kingdom. (Image: Google Maps)
US Vice President JD Vance waves as he boards Air Force Two in Islamabad on April 12, 2026, following marathon talks with Iran that ended without an agreement
