White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. (AFP)
US VP JD Vance looks on as Iranian FM Abbas Araqchi greets Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif ahead of quadrilateral talks in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. (AFP)
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)
US Delegation next to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Qatar's PM and Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Field as part of high-level talks with Iran (Photo: AFP)
From right to left: Mount Zawa cable car in Duhok, Zakho Castle, Dukan River in Sulaimani, Amedi district, Qaysari Bazaar in Erbil. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
A general view of the room ahead of a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks after touring the newest aircraft in the presidential fleet at Andrews Air Force Base on June 19, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (Photo: AFP)
President Masoud Barzani (top right), during his meeting with Osama al-Nujaifi, secretary-general of the Muttahidoon Party, June 21, 2026. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani speaking at the graduation ceremony for the fifth cohort of the Qalacholan Military College in Sulaimani province. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon as seen from a position across the border in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel on June 19, 2026. (AFP)
Cargo ships, including bulk carriers and general cargo vessels, sit at anchor offshore, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4 , 2026. (AP)
This photograph shows a part of the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex above Lake Lucerne, where talks following up on a deal to end the Middle East conflict were scheduled to begin, on June 19, 2026. (AFP)