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)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Chinese military vehicles take part in the Vostok-2018 military exercise held jointly by the Russian Armed Forces and the Chinese People's Liberation Army on September 13, 2018. (China News Service/Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a meeting at Bocharov Ruchei residence. MAY 14, 2019 (Mikhail Metzel/Getty Images)
S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems of the Russian Southern Military District's missile regiment on combat duty. (Sergei Malgavko/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin followed by Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov attend the welcoming ceremony prior to their talks in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on March 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov/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)
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Kremlin on October 4, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Donald Trump looks at Vladimir Putin at the meeting center of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018 (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger/picture alliance via Getty Images)