Volume 24, Issue 7

Members of the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a memorial to mark the 40th day since his father, Ali Ayatollah Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli joint strikes, on April 9, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (Source: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Kurdish soldier stands guard in Arbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. (Source: Getty Images)

Al-Shabaab Jabha fighters seen in Jilib town, Somalia, in June 2019. (Source: Horn Observer)

Leaders from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), Kurdistan Freedom Life Party (PJAK), Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), Khabat Organisation of Iranian Kurdistan (Khabat), and Komala Party of Kurdistan announcing the formation of the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan. (Source: PDKI)

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) staging protests against the joint attack on Iran by the United States and Israel. (Source: Facebook/Premiumtimes)