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)
A navy soldier salutes from the Dutch-made Sea Dragon submarine during a combat skills demonstration in the watersnear the Tsoying navy base in southern Kaohsiung on January 14, 2014. (SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye (R) talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) during their meeting at the presidential Blue House on November 2, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. (Song Kyung-Seok-Pool/Getty Images)
Delegates at the first session of the UN Security Council Council sit round a half moon table attended by officials, January 17, 1946. (MPI/Getty Images)