Security

People sail their boat past container ships anchoring near the Strait of Bab al-Mandeb off Yemen's coast in the Gulf of Aden on Aug. 6, 2026. (AFP)

Middle East

Houthis Claim Drone Attack on Aramco Refinery in Southern Saudi Arabia

Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran's central military command, Khatam al-Anbiya. (Photo: State Media)

Middle East

Iran Rejects Trump Claim of US Control Over Strait of Hormuz

Photo shows a Kurdish-made B-70 tank. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Company Unveils Domestically Made B70 Tank

USA

US Forces Intensify Iran Blockade, Redirecting Dozens of Commercial Vessels

A row of masked, uniformed militia members standing in formation and holding the Nujaba Movement's flag. (Photo: Archive)

Iraq

Nujaba Movement: We Will Not Hand Over Our Weapons

Ali al-Zaidi Presides over the ministerial council meeting on Aug. 12, 2026. (Photo: Iraqi PM office)

Iraq

Why Iraq Insists Coalition Withdrawal Is Irreversible?

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) meeting with Pakistan's Minister of Interior Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi in Tehran on August 11, 2026. (AFP)

Middle East

Pakistan Interior Minister Visits Iran as US Tightens Blockade on Iranian Ports

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt thanks police officers at Leipzig-Halle Airport on Aug. 5, 2026, after an explosives-laden drone was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane. (AFP)

Europe

Germany Plans Major Intelligence Overhaul to Counter Foreign Threats

A drone crash site on Bani Hareer Mountain in the Hareer subdistrict after the incident triggered a fire on the dry brush. (Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Four Drones Crash in Kurdistan Region, No Casualties Reported

Kurdistan

US Forces Disable Cargo Ship Attempting to Break Iran Blockade

Iraqi PM Orders Draft Law to Place Weapons Under State Control

Iraq

Iraqi PM Orders Draft Law to Place Weapons Under State Control

Syria

Kurdistan24 Exclusive: SDF Forces Attacked at Joint Post in Western Kurdistan

Photo from today's Peshmerga officials meeting in Amman. (Photo: Minister of Peshmerga)

Kurdistan

Peshmerga Join High-Level Military Meeting in Amman

A woman walks past images of Iran's current supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (R) and his predecessors: his slain father Ali Khamenei (L) and the late Ruhollah Khomeini (2nd-L), Tehran on July 5, 2026. (AFP)

Iran

Iran’s Khamenei Reshuffles Top Military, Security Leadership Amid War

Maj. Robert "Magyar" Brovdi stands in the control room during a long-range unmanned aerial vehicle operation targeting Russian positions in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP)

Europe

Ukraine Expands Crimea Campaign as Drone Chief Vows to Cripple Russian Military Hub

Members of an Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF - or locally known as Hashd al-Shaabi). (Photo: AP)

Iraq

Iraq's PMF Disavows 'Ghost' Bases as Baghdad Tightens Arms Control