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)
AFP photo from Tasnim News Agency shows an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boat during an alleged ship seizure operation in the Strait of Hormuz on April 21, 2026.
