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 Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomes Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov in the Treaty Room at the State Department in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2023. (Oliver Contreras/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Trident Juncture 18 takes place in Norway and the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the airspace of Finland and Sweden, on November 7, 2018. (NATO via Flickr)
President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol shake hands during a joint press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 26, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer via Getty Images)
Joe Biden welcomes South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to the White House during an arrival ceremony on April 26, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Pool via Getty Images)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands during a joint a press-conference following their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2023. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)