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)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Fentanyl pills at the Mexican attorney general’s office in Tijuana, Mexico, on July 28, 2022. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks to the press after the House passed a major aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and also voted to ban TikTok at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2024. (Photo by Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images)
Retired M41 “Walker Bulldog” light tanks, which served the Taiwanese Army for 63 years, are on display by a beach on October 7, 2023, in Kinmen, Taiwan. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)