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)
Pakistani security forces stands guard outside the headquarters of Axact, a software firm during raids by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 27, 2015. (Qaisar Khan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Pakistani media personnel and local residents gather outside the hideout of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden following his death in Abbottabad on May 3, 2011. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani greeted by Prime Minisyer Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee on April 28, 2015 in New Delhi, India. (Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping waves to Pakistani children as his Pakistani counterpart Mamnoon Hussain (L) and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (C, back) look on, upon arrival at Islamabad airport in Islamabad, on April 20, 2015. (Photo by (Pakistan P