Yoon's disclosure about South Korea's plan for joint nuclear exercises with the US comes a day after North Korea's ruler Kim Jong Un stated that his country plans to develop new intercontinental ballistic missiles and expand its nuclear arsenal
Read MoreRegional tensions over the North's nuclear programme are likely to persist, but some experts believe Kim will eventually try to use his expanded arsenal to extract concessions such as sanctions relief from his adversaries
Read More“Pakistan is at a critical juncture and this necessitates the development of national consensus by all stakeholders to sail through the confronted challenges of economy and terrorism,” COAS Gen Munir said
Read MoreBelarus' state-owned enterprises Earlier, the BelTA news agency reported that a Ukrainian S-300 missile had fallen onto Belarusian territory during one of Russia's most extensive missile attacks against Ukraine since the beginning of the war
Read MoreThe incident, which involved a Chinese Navy J-11 fighter jet and a US Air Force RC-135 aircraft, occurred on 21 December, according to the US military
Read MoreThe Volcano sale, according to the State Department, “serves US national, economic and security interests by supporting the recipient's ongoing efforts to modernise its armed forces and maintain a credible defensive capability”
Read MoreNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un unveiled new military objectives on the second day of a key Workers' Party meeting, implying another year of intensive weapons testing and regional tension, according to state media
Read MoreThe most intense fighting has been in the vicinity of Bakhmut, a bombed-out ghost town that Russia has been attempting to storm for months at a high cost in lives and further north in the cities of Svatove and Kreminna, where Ukraine is attempting to breach Russian defensive lines
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