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)
Soldiers stand beside damaged operational vehicles recovered from Boko Haram jihadists on display at the headquarters of the 120th Battalion in Goniri, Yobe State, in Nigeria's restive northeast on July 3, 2019. (Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of various hardline Sikh organisations raised pro-Khalistan slogans during the 37th anniversary observances of Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, on June 6, 2021 in Amritsar, India (Photo by Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)