This photograph shows a part of the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex above Lake Lucerne, where talks following up on a deal to end the Middle East conflict were scheduled to begin, on June 19, 2026. (AFP)
Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon as seen from a position across the border in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel on June 19, 2026. (AFP)
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif holds up the memorandum of understanding after signing it as a peace mediator to end the Middle East war, in Islamabad. (AFP)
Anton Kobyakov, adviser to President Putin and Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Ano Jawhar Abdoka (left), Minister of Transportation and Communications of the KRG, and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
This recreated painting shows Izzat Abdulaziz (R), Mustafa Khoshnaw (C-L), Khairullah Abdulkarim (C-R), and Mohammed Qudsi (L). (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon as seen from a position across the border in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel on June 19, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Smoke rising from fires reportedly ignited at a site targeted by Israeli artillery shelling in the southern village of Kfar Tibnit on June 15, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivers remarks before a NATO Defense Ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on June 18, 2026. (AFP)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte makes a statement upon arriving to take part in a NATO Defense Ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on June 18, 2026. (AFP)
US President Donald Trump addresses the media during a closing press conference at the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Liu Jun, the Chinese Consul General to the Kurdistan Region delivering the speech during the event of the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations, June 17, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
