An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Soldiers from an Israeli artillery unit wait for orders to fire from the Israeli side of the border toward the Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023, in southern Israel. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Demonstrators gather with Iranian and Palestinian flags and the yellow flags of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah during a protest in Tehran in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)
A masked demonstrator waves a flag of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah during a demonstration supporting the Palestinians in Beirut on October 20, 2023. (Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images)