Four young girls dressed in matching outfits hold Taliban flags on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal and the start of Taliban rule in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi)
This screen grab taken from video footage released on August 9, 2026 by Ansarullah Media Centre shows a missile being launched towards what the Houthi authorities said were Saudi troop. (AFP)
Navy Officer stands watch on the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance, as it sails behind the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Aug. 29, 2024. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L), and Nickolay Mladenov, Bulgarian High Representative for Gaza (R) next to US businessman Jared Kushner at the "Board of Peace" meeting on Jan. 22, 2026.
Iraqi authorities display thousands of drug pills seized from a tanker at the Al-Waleed border crossing after they were allegedly smuggled into Iraq from Syria. (GOI)
A man walks past water-misting fans installed to help pedestrians cool off along a street in central Baghdad on August 12, 2026 during the peak hours of midday heat as summer temperatures approach 50 degrees Celsius. (AFP)
DEM Party lawmakers make the victory sign after voting a bill offering limited amnesty for PKK fighters at Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara on Aug. 10, 2026. (AFP)
