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)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
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)
The Yayang church is seen covered in scaffolding in Wenzhou, China, on January 9, 2026. The church in eastern China was scaffolded and had its cross removed, with residents and rights groups saying multiple members had been arrested as a national crackdown on unofficial Christian organizations grew. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles as he oversees Operation Epic Fury at Mar-a-Lago on February 28, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Getty Images)
A police officer stands near the West Kowloon court where Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial took place on August 28, 2025. (Getty Images)
Retired Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, Nigeria’s minister of defense, and Mr. Brian J. Ellis, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of war for African affairs, sign a defense cooperation roadmap in Abuja, Nigeria, on January 23, 2026. (US Army)
Brendan Carr, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2025, in Washington,DC. (Getty Images)