A nurse treats a young boy who was injured when clashes broke out between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in Aleppo, Syria, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP)
Damascus government factions stand guard as residents leave the Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP)
Yemenis who support the UAE-backed STC hold an image of the STC leader Aidaros Alzubidi as they wave the old South Yemen flag in Aden, Dec. 14, 2025. (AFP)
One of the Syrian government's heavy artillery pieces shelling Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo, and in the background a map highlighting the contested Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods in Aleppo. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
This courtroom sketch shows deposed president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro (L), and his wife, Cilia Flores, attending their arraignment U.S. Courthouse on Jan. 5, 2026 in New York. (AFP)
South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung (L), and his wife (2-L) and pose for a selfie with China’s Xi Jinping (2-R) and his wife (R) in Beijing, Jan 5, 2026. (AFP)
President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with a delegation from the Sadiqoun Movement, headed by Deputy Secretary General Naim Abdul Yasser, Jan. 5, 2025. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
President Masoud Barzani, R, Sam Darmo, head of the Assyrians for Justice Foundation in the United States, in Pirmam, Erbil, Jan. 5, 2025. (Kurdistan24)
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during the commemoration of the 134th anniversary of the National Police in Bogota, Nov. 13, 2025.. (AFP)
