A photo illustration taken in Nicosia on May 4, 2026, shows a person in front of a large screen displaying vessel movements in the Strait of Hormuz on a ship-tracking website. (AFP)
An elderly Kurdish man, related to an Anfal survivor, cries and prays after the death sentence issued against Ajaj al-Tikriti at Nugra Salman Prison in Muthanna, Iraq, May 22, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Asia markets index of Japan, South Korea and Australia is seen on a screen at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, May 14, 2026. (Photo: AP)
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and House GOP leaders departs a news conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Photo: AP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base on May 21, 2026 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Bakr al-Samarrai, special adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi, May 21, 2026. (Photo: KRG)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi welcomes Pakistan army chief Asim Munir at an airport in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2026. (Photo: Iranian Foreign Ministry)
In this picture that was taken on May 2, 2026, the Iran-flagged container vessel Hamouna is pictured while anchored as a small motorboat passes by, in the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo: ISNA)
US President Donald Trump greets Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Erdogan arrives at the White House in Washington, DC on September 25, 2025. (AFP)
Iranians sit at bus stop beneath a billboard depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), his successor the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) and the new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran (Photo: AFP)
Copies of the People’s Daily newspaper with a front page photo and headline which reads "Xi Jinping holds talks with U.S. President Trump,” are displayed at a news stand, Beijing, China (AFP Photo)
KDP Politburo head, Fazil Mirani, (C-R), and the KJG supreme council member Abdulsatar Majeed speaking in a joint press conference, May 20, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
An Iranian military truck carries parts of a Sayad 4-B missile past a portrait of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a military parade as part of a ceremony marking the country's annual army day (Photo: AFP)
US President Donald Trump joins leaders for a group photo during the inaugural meeting of the "Board of Peace" at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026. (AFP)
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
