A photo illustration taken in Nicosia on May 4, 2026, shows a person in front of a large screen displaying vessel movements in the Strait of Hormuz on a ship-tracking website. (AFP)
An elderly Kurdish man, related to an Anfal survivor, cries and prays after the death sentence issued against Ajaj al-Tikriti at Nugra Salman Prison in Muthanna, Iraq, May 22, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Asia markets index of Japan, South Korea and Australia is seen on a screen at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, May 14, 2026. (Photo: AP)
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and House GOP leaders departs a news conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Photo: AP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base on May 21, 2026 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Bakr al-Samarrai, special adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi, May 21, 2026. (Photo: KRG)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi welcomes Pakistan army chief Asim Munir at an airport in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2026. (Photo: Iranian Foreign Ministry)
In this picture that was taken on May 2, 2026, the Iran-flagged container vessel Hamouna is pictured while anchored as a small motorboat passes by, in the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo: ISNA)
US President Donald Trump greets Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Erdogan arrives at the White House in Washington, DC on September 25, 2025. (AFP)
Iranians sit at bus stop beneath a billboard depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), his successor the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) and the new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran (Photo: AFP)
Copies of the People’s Daily newspaper with a front page photo and headline which reads "Xi Jinping holds talks with U.S. President Trump,” are displayed at a news stand, Beijing, China (AFP Photo)
KDP Politburo head, Fazil Mirani, (C-R), and the KJG supreme council member Abdulsatar Majeed speaking in a joint press conference, May 20, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
An Iranian military truck carries parts of a Sayad 4-B missile past a portrait of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a military parade as part of a ceremony marking the country's annual army day (Photo: AFP)
US President Donald Trump joins leaders for a group photo during the inaugural meeting of the "Board of Peace" at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026. (AFP)
