North Korea is ready to conduct an additional nuclear test at any time, South Korea's Defence Ministry said on Monday, three days after the reclusive North's fifth test drew widespread condemnation.
North Korea fired a submarine-launched missile on Wednesday that flew about 500 km (311 miles) towards Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country ...
North Korea appeared to have test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile, Seoul's defence ministry said, a day after the US and South Korea decided to deploy an advanced missile defence system in the South.
Saudi Arabia has intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Yemen and a Saudi-led military coalition said in a statement late on Monday it may be forced to reconsider a truce that has been place since April.
A ballistic missile defence shield which the US has activated in Europe is a step to a new arms race, Vladimir Putin said, vowing to adjust budget spending to neutralise "emerging threats" to Russia.
North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast, South Korea said, amid concerns that the isolated state might conduct a nuclear test or a missile launch.
The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned North Korea over its ballistic missile launches and demanded Pyongyang to refrain from further violations of UN resolutions.
North Korea fired what appeared to be a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea on Friday, just days after leader Kim Jong Un ordered further nuclear warhead and missile tests, South Korea's defence ministry said.
North Korea must pay the price for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said, vowing to pressure Pyongyang into accepting denuclearisation.
North Korea said it had successfully put a satellite into orbit, with a rocket launch widely condemned as a disguised ballistic missile test for a weapons delivery system to strike the US mainland.
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting in New York after North Korea claimed it had carried out a "successful" hydrogen bomb test, diplomats said.
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a Scud ballistic missile fired from Yemen on Saturday, according to a statement on the Saudi state news agency SPA
