F-16 Fighting Falcon aircrafts are prepared for a mission during Operation Noble Defender at Pittufik Space Base in Greenland on January 30, 2025. (US Air Force)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs Priti Patel MP listens during a press conference on May 19, 2025, in London, England. (Getty Images)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on January 6, 2026. (Getty Images)
Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba being interviewed with United States President Trump and others on April 17, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace on May 8, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
A Sailor directs a Rafale Marine (F4) fighter jet, assigned to the aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Philippine Sea on February 12, 2025. (US Navy photo)