A sign of the World Economic Forum (WEF) with mountains as background during the WEF annual meeting, in the Alpine resort of Davos, Jan. 20, 2025. (AFP)
Families hug as they welcome the arrival of Kurdish fighters bused out of the northern city of Aleppo following a ceasefire, to the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli on Jan. 11, 2026. (AFP)
Widad Ahmed (27) walks through the clinic in Qaraqosh for exercise. Ahmed lost her right leg after stepping on a mine after fleeing her house in western Mosul, May 8, 2017. (AP)
The announcement comes amid ongoing efforts to implement a fragile ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10, halting weeks of intense hostilities between Israel and Hamas. (Photo: AP)
Muhammad-Ridha al-Husayni al-Sistani, the eldest son and one of the key figures managing the office for his father, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Residents react as a bus carrying men who state media reported to be Kurdish fighters prepares to leave Aleppo's Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsud neighborhood accompanied by security forces، Jan. 10, 2026. (AFP)
The House of Representatives, the lower house of the Egyptian Parliament, at the New Administrative Capital megaproject in Cairo. August 1, 2023. (AFP)
US President Donald Trump (C) speaks during a meeting with US oil company executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, Jan. 9, 2026. )AFP)
