Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome, April 19, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
German tourists listening to a Kurdish man playing on Daf (a traditional middle eastern instrument), in Koya, Kudistan region, Apr. 19. 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Afghan refugees due for deportation to Afghanistan wait outside a registration centre in Landi Kotal, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham on April 19, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
A portrait of Russia's President Vladimir Putin hangs above as Russian military trucks enter the Russian-leased Syrian military base of Hmeimim in Latakia province in western Syria on December 29, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
A picture taken during a tour organised by Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) shows monitoring points along the Iraqi-Syrian border on December 5, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
US President Donald Trump speaks after the swearing in of Mehmet Oz (R) as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 18, 2025. (Photo: AFP)