An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
A C-17 Globemaster takes off as Taliban fighters secure the outer perimeter alongside the American controlled side of of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
Taiwanese civilians in tactical gear and replica weapons taking part in an urban warfare workshop on June 18 in Linko district, New Taipei City. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)
Taliban soldiers stand guard as inmates sit in a prison courtyard while waiting to be released on orders from the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada at Kandahar Central Prison in Kandahar on July 5, 2022. (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska speaks to members of the US Congress in the US Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium on July 20, 2022, in Washington, DC, about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)
A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launcher parades through Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 7, 2022. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping during a meeting in Xiamen, China, on September 3, 2017. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers an address at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, on June 1, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / SPUTNIK / AFP via Getty Images)
A US Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System fires a rocket as part of Nordic Strike 22 at Vidsel Test Range, Sweden, on September 27, 2022. (US Army Photo by Spc. Devin Klecan)