Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the National Wisdom Movement, Oct. 7, 2025. (Photo: KRG)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks on 2025 priorities to the UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City on January 15, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
A view of the old market in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the first round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations is being held. (Photo: AFP)
This photo combination shows, from left, Fred Ramsdell in a photo provided by Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Osaka University professor Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi, Oct. 6, 2025 and Mary E. Brunkow in Seattle, Oct. 6, 2025. (Photo: AP)
President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with Haider Abadi, leader of the Nasr (Victory) Alliance, Oct. 6, 2025. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
A Ukrainian serviceman (L) operates a drone during the ‘Wild Drones’ drone racing competition, in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytsky region on October 5, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, (R-South Dakota) speaks at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Sep. 30, 2025, shortly before the Gov. Shutdown takes effect. (Photo: AFP)
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the General Debate of the UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 26, 2025. (Photo: AFP)