Pacific diplomats have failed to agree on a joint statement criticizing China’s recent test of a nuclear-capable missile in the region, with New Zealand’s foreign minister accusing them of appeasing “outsiders.”
The U.S. Defense Department’s policy chief is preparing a nuclear strategy that could involve using shorter-range tactical weapons in case of a regional war with China or Russia, sources told American media.
Sweden will hand over to Kyiv a seized Russian “shadow fleet” cargo ship which Ukraine suspects of transporting grain stolen from its occupied territory, Swedish court documents showed on Thursday.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has restated Canada’s support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying Ottawa would continue backing it despite the United States pressuring allies to withdraw their membership and funding.
Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of kilometers from the border in an overnight attack, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, as Russia hit a train station and commercial ship in Ukraine.
Australia said on Thursday it would buy long-range missiles for its fighter jets from the United States, announcing an Aus$736 million ($518 million) deal that is smaller than a multi-billion-dollar sale approved in March.
North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile over the Sea of Japan on Thursday, Seoul’s military said, after Pyongyang lambasted Tokyo for beefing up its military stance in the Pacific.
A Moscow-led bloc is set to conduct military drills in Belarus between October 12–16. The exercises would prepare the forces for a “peacekeeping” operation by the Collective Security Treaty Organization, aiming to eliminate sources of biological threats, according to a Belarusian Defense Ministry official.
Pakistan hopes an agreement over the Strait of Hormuz will lead to the United States and Iran resuming talks under a memorandum of understanding Islamabad helped mediate, its Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
US President Donald Trump said that the United States has “massive amounts of ‘munitions’, especially of certain types.”
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