In this handout photo released by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in Russia's northwest. (Photo: Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service
Local civilians walk past a tank destroyed during heavy fighting in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (Photo: Alexei Alexandrov/AP)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures after delivering his speech at the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia. Jan. 20, 2022. (Photo: The State Duma/AP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in London, April 19, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in meeting with British Minister for Energy and Business Kwasi Kwarteng in London, April 19, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in meeting with British Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East Amanda Milling, Apr. 19, 2022 (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, April 19, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Leal/AFP)
Foreign diplomatic representatives in the Kurdistan Region being briefed by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Politburo on political developments in the country, April 18, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Hemin Hawrami in meeting with UNAMI’s Kurdistan Region Office Head Ricardo Rodriguez, April 18, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan Parliament Media Office)