Protesters hold a banner reading "Justice for Quentin" during a march in tribute to far-right activist Quentin Deranque, who died after being attacked, in Lyon, France on Feb. 21, 2026. (AFP)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with Tom Barrack, the United States Ambassador to Türkiye and Special Envoy for Syria, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
President Trump's Special Envoy Tom Barrack, C-L, President Masoud Barzani, C-R, Kurdistan PM Masrour Barzani, R-3rd, Pirmam, Erbil, Feb. 23, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Qusay Mahbouba, Secretary General of the Iraqi Liberal Amarji Party, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo: KRG)
Standing individuals from L to R, Trump's special envoy Tom Barrack, Iraq's PM Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani, Iraq's Oil Minister, Hayyan Abdul Ghani. (Kurdistan24))
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as El Mencho, the leader of the powerful CJNG Cartel (R), Scenes showing the extent of the security breakdown in Mexico (L). (Photo: Social Media)
Afghan men search for victims after an overnight Pakistani air strike hit a residential area in the Girdi Kas village of Bihsud district, Nangarhar province on February 22, 2026. (AFP)
The US' new ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (C) signs the guestbook as he visits the Western Wall, accompanied by Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch (R) in the old city of Jerusalem on April 18, 2025. (AFP)
A damaged excavator sits on the rubble of a building that was hit in January by an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Qannarit, on Feb. 16, 2026. (AFP)