The “Sachsen”, "Bayern", and frigates of the German Navy sail during a military exercise in the North Sea on October 13, 2025, near Harstad, Norway. (Getty Images)
Vice President JD Vance speaking with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the US embassy in Paris on February 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomes Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
Pakistan's army chief and field marshal meeting with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, upon his arrival in Islamabad on April 25, 2026. (Getty Images)
US Air Force B-1B Lancer crew chief marshals a B-1 after returning from a CONUS-to-CONUS mission in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 4, 2026. (US Air Force )
A billboard depicting Iran’s late supreme leader standing behind an Iranian soldier with a caption in Arabic reading "a martyr leads the battlefield" in western Baghdad on March 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
Lightning occurs when META 4, an oil products tanker, sails into Muscat Anchorage on March 21, 2026, at Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat, Oman. (Getty Images)