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 Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides presents his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Israel, on December 5, 2021. (US Embassy Jerusalem via Flickr)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit Lulworth Camp in London, England, on February 8, 2023. (Number 10 via Flickr)
President Joe Biden attends a meeting of the I2U2 group with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid at the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2022. (Adam Schultz via Flickr)
HMS Queen Elizabeth launches a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, and JS Kaga in the background as part of Maritime Partnership Exercise in Bay of Bengal, on October 17, 2021. (Russell Lindsey via DVIDS)
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Uzbek Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on March 1, 2023. (State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy)