L to R, Kazakhstan's President, Kyrgyzstan's President, Russia's President, Tajikistan's President, Turkmenistan's President, and Uzbekistan's President, at Central Asia-Russia summit, Oct. 9, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Minister of Transport and Communications Ano Jawhar Abdoka speaking at the European Parliament in Brussels, Nov. 5, 2025. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)
A large banner depicting the Statue of Liberty with words written in Persian reading "The promise of American freedom" in Tehran's Enghelab Square, Nov. 4, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
A social media post of Mohammed Imad, a 24-year-old Iraqi whose family lost contact with him after he travelled to Russia to enlist in its armed forces, displayed on a mobile phone at his family home in Baghdad, Sep. 10, 2025. (AFP)
