F-16 Fighting Falcon aircrafts are prepared for a mission during Operation Noble Defender at Pittufik Space Base in Greenland on January 30, 2025. (US Air Force)
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)
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs Priti Patel MP listens during a press conference on May 19, 2025, in London, England. (Getty Images)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on January 6, 2026. (Getty Images)
China's DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen during a military parade in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
The type 094A JIN-class nuclear submarine Long March 10 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade to commemorate near Qingdao, China, on April 23, 2019. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)
Jimmy Lai, founder and owner of Apple Daily, is seen handcuffed and escorted by guards on December 12, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Keith Tsuji via Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping attend an official welcoming ceremony in Beijing on May 16, 2024. (Sergei Bobylov/AFP via Getty Images)