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)
US President Joe Baden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pose prior to the US-South Korea-Japan trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit on May 21, 2023, in Hiroshima, Japan. (Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
US President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid on June 29, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)