Crowds of mourners surround the convoy carrying the coffin of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a funeral procession in Najaf on July 8, 2026. (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zeidi officially assumes office at the Government Palace in Baghdad, marking the start of his tenure as head of the country's new government. (GOI)
Türkiye's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar (C), with representative from the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)