Security

Mockups of domestically-made Iranian missiles are displayed at an exhibition outside the Defence Museum in Tehran on Mar. 31, 2026. (AFP)

Iran

Tehran Escalates Rhetoric as Adviser Says Iran Prepared for Extended War

A high-angle aerial photograph of a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer transiting the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo: CENTCOM)

USA

US Navy Turns Back Iranian Cargo Ship at Hormuz as Blockade Holds Firm

Digla sub-district. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan’s Asayish Releases Data on Aerial Strikes Targeting Refugee Areas

Sailors gather on the deck of a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer during an underway replenishment at sunset. (Photo: CENTCOM)

USA

No Vessels Pass: US Navy Tightens Grip on Iranian Ports Amid Rising Tensions

US troops Deployment. (Photo: U.S. Department of War)

Middle East

US ramps up pressure on Iran with troop deployment and blockade as talks edge toward restart

The flags of Iran, L, and China. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Middle East

Iran used Chinese satellite to target US bases

A Kurdish woman pours milk she collected into a jerrycan as she stands amid a flock of sheep in the mountains of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province on July 12, 2025.

Turkey

Kurdish Shepherds Return to Türkiye’s Hakkari Mountains as Peace Efforts Ease Decades of Conflict

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer transiting at sea. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

USA

Not a Single Ship Got Through: CENTCOM Declares Total Success in First Day of Iran Blockade

An excavator operates at the site of an Israeli strike, in a residential areas in Tehran. (Photo: AA)

Iran

$270 Billion and Counting: Iran Reveals War's Toll as Delegations Head Back to the Table

Kurdistan

Two Explosive-Laden Drones Shot Down Over Erbil Province, Says Counter Terrorism Directorate

Experts examine the site of the mass gravesز

Iraq

Mass Grave Believed to Hold Peshmerga Captives Killed by ISIS

Turkish Police at the scene of the shooting in Urfa. (Photo: AA)

Turkey

Two Killed in Shooting at Vocational School in Türkiye’s Urfa Province

President Donald Trump, L, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, look at each other after their summit meeting at Gimhae International Airport, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP)

World

China Condemns US Naval Blockade of Iranian Ports as 'Dangerous and Irresponsible'

A digger clearing the rubble of a building in Beirut's Hay al-Selloum neighbourhood, Apr. 10, 2026. (AFP)

Middle East

Lebanese Health Ministry Reports Six Hospitals Closed Amid Sustained Israeli Bombardment

US Sec. of War Pete Hegseth (L), Indonesian MD Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, U.S. Air Force MG Kelly McKeague, Indonesian MG Agus Widodo (R) after signing an MOU at the Pentagon, April 13, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. (AFP)

USA

US, Indonesia Forge ‘Major’ Defense Partnership Amid Intensifying Indo-Pacific Rivalry

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing on April 13, 2026. (AFP)

Middle East

Spain’s Sanchez Urges China’s Role in Ending War, Calls for More “Representative” Global Order