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)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L-2) shakes hands with Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani (R-2) in Tehran, Iran on September 15, 2015. (Pool/Iranian Presidency Press Office/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and high ranking Russian officials hold a meeting on the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt on Oct. 31, in Moscow, Russia on November 17, 2015. (Kremlin Press Office/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
A soldier patrols in an empty shopping galery as the Belgian capital remains on the highest possible alert level, in Brussels on November 23, 2015. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)