U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he wants to deploy an intermediate range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, now that the Trump administration has formally pulled out of a Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia. Esper, however, added that it will likely...

 South Korea is exploring all options in a bitter trade row with Japan, including scrapping an intelligence sharing pact, but wants a cooling off period with Tokyo, a senior South Korean official said on Saturday. The trade row escalated on Friday when Japan removed South Korea from a...

On Aug. 2 following a months-long war of words between Moscow and Washington, the U.S. formally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The fate of the last "pillar", the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START Treaty), is now in question as the U.S. links it to the...

Civilian casualty rates across Afghanistan jumped back to record levels last month, following a dip earlier in the year, the UN said Saturday. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, more than 1,500 civilians were killed or wounded in the Afghan conflict in July, the highest...