A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force mid-range multi-purpose missile is fired during a live-fire exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area on June 7, 2026, in Gotemba, Japan. (Getty Images)
The flag used by the Taliban's interim government is seen over Afghanistan’s embassy in Moscow on July 4, 2025, after Russia officially recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan. (Getty Images)
Afghan men gather around the grave of Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani during the funeral ceremony in Sarana, Kabul, on December 12, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar via Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)
A passenger is looking at the flight board at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, on April 17, 2024. (Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Antony Blinken meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Turkey on December 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Syrians living in Turkey celebrate with opposition flags after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Bashar al-Assad on December 8, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Burak Kara via Getty Images)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelenskyy after their meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace on December 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (Chesnot via Getty Images)