US Consul General Praises American University of Kurdistan for Hosting MEPS 2025 in Duhok

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A meeting of the UN Security Council. (Photo: AP)

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U.N. Backs Trump’s Gaza Governance Plan, Authorizing International Stabilization Force

A Boeing 777-9 prepares to land at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025 in Dubai on Nov. 17, 2025.

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Emirates’ $38 Billion Boeing Order Signals Strategic Deepening of U.S.–UAE Economic Ties and Reinforces Dubai’s Global Aviation Leadership

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz. (AP)

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Israeli DM Katz: ‘Israel Will Not Allow a Palestinian State’

Russian President Vladimir Putin, R, shakes hands with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 30, 2020. (Photo: AP)

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Putin, Netanyahu Discuss Gaza Ceasefire as U.S. and Russia Push Rival Plans at U.N.

A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) sails, at the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 22, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

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Iran’s IRGC Confirms Gulf Oil Tanker Seizure — Incident Raises Maritime Security and Regional Tensions

The sun sets over a heavily damaged area of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 7, 2025. (AFP)

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UN Security Council to Vote Monday on Trump’s Gaza Plan Amid Competing Drafts

The design of the AI-powered autonomous Omen drone, to be produced in partnership between Anduril and EDGE Group. (Image: EDGE Group)

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U.S. and UAE Launch AI Drone Venture in Abu Dhabi, Expanding Strategic Defense Partnership

An old wooden boat stuck on dry, cracked, muddy ground. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

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Middle East on the Brink: Drought Fuels Historic Environmental and Geopolitical Crisis

Hezbollah's deputy chief Naim Qassem. (AFP)

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Hezbollah Will Not Disarm, Qassem Says as Lebanon Faces External Pressure over Security Accord

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Giza, the twin city of Cairo, during the parliamentary election on November 10, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

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From Cairo to Baghdad: Two Consecutive Elections, Two Very Different Political Landscapes

A United Arab Emirates soldier from the 11th Mountain Battalion take a tactical pause during a live fire exercise, Feb. 22, 2023. (Photo: UAE Army)

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UAE Declines Role in Gaza Stabilisation Force Amid Unclear Framework

Lebanese president Joseph Aoun. (AFP)

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Lebanese President: No Leniency in Combating Money Laundering or Terrorism Financing

Newly recruited cadets of Afghan Taliban's Defense Ministry stand atop a military vehicle. (AFP)

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Afghanistan-Pakistan Peace Talks Collapse Amid Mutual Recriminations

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar. (AFP)

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Israel Condemns Turkish Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu, Calls Move a Political Stunt

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in an anti-Israel rally in Gaza City May 22, 2021. (Photo: Reuters)

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Israeli Army Chief: Fate of Gaza Militants “Either Death or Surrender”

Lebanon's Hezbollah members gather around the coffins of their militants killed in recent Israeli attacks during their funeral in Nabatiyeh city, Lebanon, November 2, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

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Hezbollah Rejects Negotiations Between Lebanon and Israel as Border Tensions Escalate