In this photo taken Monday, April 30, 2009, an Iraqi coast guard boat patrols in the Gulf near Basra, 550 kilometers (341 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)
This photograph taken on July 31, 2024 shows, a detail of the book co-written by Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas, who has been detained since 2016 and was sentenced to 42 years in prison in May, in Istanbul. (Photo: AFP)
In this photo taken with a smartphone, police officers secure a road leading to the site of a powerful bomb at a mosque in Kohat, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (top right) during his meeting with Muhsin Mandalawi, head of Iraq’s Al-Asas Alliance, Sept. 17, 2026. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) greeting Canada's PM Mark Carney during her annual keynote address to the European Parliament in France. (AFP)
A video grab taken from UGC images posted on social media on Sept, 10, 2026, shows Houthi fighters inside Yemen's strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha. (Photo: AFP)
A social media post graphic featuring a statement by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presenting a modified "Straits Taylor Rule" equation. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
