The US secretary of defense says Washington’s plan to deploy new low-yield nuclear weapons serves as negotiating leverage against Moscow.

North Korea says all its nuclear weapons are aimed at the United States not Pyongyang’s "brethren" South Korea.

An analyst says North Korea's latest missile test is a significant advance given the fact that it can hit the US and it shows Pyongyang's tremendous capability.

An academic says it is not up to France or any other country to decide about Iran’s ballistic missile program.

A commentator says the US is the one who has been continually provoking North Korea as it seeks to use the nuclear issue to justify its imperialist aggression.

The Syrian envoy to the UN slams the West for supplying nuclear material to Israel.

The Russian defense minister warns that NATO is training for nuclear weapons use near Russia’s borders.

An analyst says an Iran-proposed UN resolution underscores the hypocritical policy of the US regarding nuclear weapons.

US Secretary of State James Mattis who is on a trip to South Korea has again threatened against what he called North’s possible use of nuclear weapons.

A commentator says the US does not want to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis because it is using it as a justification for military presence in South Korea in order to target Russia and China.