In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
Friday prayers at Feroz Shah Kotla Mosque, a fortress built by Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq to house his version of Delhi city called Ferozabad. (Getty Images)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L-2) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R-2) at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, on October 21, 2015. (Pool/Kremlin Press Office/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Assyrian Christians attend a prayer for the 220 Assyrian Christians abducted by ISIS from villages in northeastern Syria, at the Saint Georges Assyrian Church in Jdeideh, Lebanon, February 26, 2015. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)
Debris of the A321 Russian airliner after the plane crashed in Wadi al-Zolomat, a mountainous area in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, on November 1, 2015. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)