A 2,800-year-old stone tablet is presented during a press conference in Baghdad, after it was handed over by the Italian authorities to the Iraqi president during his recent visit to Bologna, on June 18, 2023. (Murtaja Lateef/ AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering a speech at the fourth commencement of the American University of Kurdistan (AUK), May 28, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, briefing the United Nations Security Council members on Iraq, May 18, 2023. (Photo: UNAM
Kurdistan Region's educators, teachers and officials take part in the 3rd International Conference on Education and Teaching in Erbil, May 17, 2023. (Photo: Stirling Schools)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani is pictured during attending the inauguration of Barzani National Memorial in Erbil province, May 11, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about US policy towards China during an event hosted by the Asia Society Policy Institute at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on May 26, 2022 (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
A man walks past collapsed buildings following a devastating earthquake in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (Photo: Ghaith Alsayed/ AP)
