An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Oana-SilviaȚoiu speaks during a joint press conference with the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine on August 7, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell poses for a photo with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Schloss Meseberg palace on July 6, 2018 near Gransee, Germany. (Sean Gallup/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)
Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei holds a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran on April 03, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)