National Security and Defense

An F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off from the flight deck the USS George Washington while underway in the Timor Sea on July 15, 2025, during Talisman Sabre, the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States. (US Navy photo)

The Royal Navy type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster coming into Portsmouth Harbour on March 31, 2021. (Andrew Matthews via Getty Images)

A Task Force 99 team member conducts pre-flight checks on an unmanned aerial vehicle in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Mar. 18, 2025. Task Force 99 is a nimble, mission-driven unit built to drive innovation and strengthen U.S. Air Forces Central capabilities across all domains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky Arnold)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office on August 18, 2025. (Mandel Ngan via Getty Images)

A student walks on the Harvard University campus on May 24, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Zhu Ziyu via Getty Images)

A man and child look over maps of Kinmen and China at the Guningtou Battle Museum. (Daniel Ceng via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on August 18, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)

Hamas fighters patrol a street in central Gaza on February 8, 2025. (Eyad Baba via Getty Images)

A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Fourth Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, Belarus, on June 26, 2025. (Sergei Bobylyov via Getty Images)

Ukrainian military personnel control the unmanned ground vehicle platform Rys Pro equipped with a remote-controlled machine-gun turret during training on April 18, 2025, in an unspecified area of Ukraine. (Serhii Mykhalchuk via Getty Images)