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)
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)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel deliberates with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the official agenda on the second day of the G7 summit on June 9, 2018 in Charlevoix, Canada. (Jesco Denzel /Bundesregierung/Getty Images)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 22, 2019. (HOW HWEE YOUNG/AFP/Getty Images)
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a break in talks at their historic US-North Korea summit, in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony prior to the dinner on September 4, 2017 in Xiamen, China. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
U.S.Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore on November 14, 2018. (ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/AFP)
U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping arrive at a business leaders event inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces Steve Biegun as special representative to North Korea at the State Department in Washington, DC, on August 23, 2018. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference after the meeting with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on June 12, 2018 in Singapore. (Liu Zhen/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)