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A group of Kurdish migrants from Iran and Iraq who failed in their attempt to reach the United Kingdom by boat walk back to the town of Ambleteuse, northern France, on Sunday, May 19, 2024, after being discovered by the police. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

French court convicts 18 in a trial casting light on the deadly migrant smuggling trade

By Tom Nouvian - Associated Press

FILE - Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, speaks during a news conference in Hassakeh, Syria, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, file)

Kurdish leader in Syria calls for diplomatic solutions to conflict with Turkey

By Hogir Abdo - Associated Press

A man registers to vote during parliamentary elections of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region, in Irbil, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Salar Salim)

Iraq’s Kurdish region goes to the polls with a flagging economy and political infighting top of mind

By Stella Martany - Associated Press

Supporters react before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Findlay Toyota Arena Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Prescott Valley, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Trump couldn’t pronounce ‘Assyrians.’ The community is happy to be in the spotlight

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

Iranian demonstrators hold posters of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during an anti-Israeli protest at Felestin (Palestine) Square in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel’s strikes are shifting the power balance in the Middle East, with U.S. support

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani poses for a photo at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Feb. 17, 2024. (Sven Hoppe/DPA via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Pentagon to slash American military presence in Iraq 10 years after anti-ISIS coalition formed

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Islamic State militants pass a checkpoint bearing the group's trademark black flag in the village of Maryam Begg in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

U.S., Iraqi forces kill Islamic State senior commander and other militants in joint operation

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the debate on his proposed ministers at an open session of parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. Iran's hard-line parliament on Wednesday approved all members of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian's Cabinet, the first time in over two decades a leader has been able to get all of his officials through the body. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Explosion reported at U.S. military facility near Baghdad airport ahead of Iranian president’s visit

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

An Iraqi woman protests against a proposed law to permit underage female marriage in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, July 28, 2024. Rights groups and many Iraqi women fear the country's parliament will open the door to child marriages as lawmakers consider legal changes that would give religious authorities more power over family law. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say

By Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

Islamic State militants pass a checkpoint bearing the group's trademark black flag in the village of Maryam Begg in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

U.S., Iraqi forces raid targeting Islamic State militants kills 15; 7 U.S. troops hurt

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Walz’s exit from Minnesota National Guard left openings for critics to pounce on his military record

By Richard Lardner, Jonathan Mattise and Trenton Daniel and Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

Rescue workers look for the victims and wounded passengers from the wreckage of a bus that fell into a ravine, near Kahuta, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammad Yousaf)

2 separate bus crashes in Pakistan leave at least 36 people dead, officials say

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

This image taken from a video released by Iranian state television shows the aftermath of a bus crash near Taft, Iran, early Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, killing multiple people, an official said Wednesday. (Iranian state television via AP)

Pakistan sending aircraft to Tehran to repatriate bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims killed in bus crash

Associated Press

This image taken from a video released by Iranian state television shows the aftermath of a bus crash near Taft, Iran, early Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, killing multiple people, an official said Wednesday. (Iranian state television via AP)

Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashes in Iran, killing at least 28 people

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz reacts as he speaks at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Convention in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Walz abandoned his Minnesota National Guard unit

By Adam Schwarze