North Korean warns that it could resume building up its nuclear arsenal if US does not lift its sanctions.

Britain’s defense minister says his country supports US President Trump’s decision to abandon a nuclear weapons treaty with Russia.

The US and South Korea have suspended another major joint war game, fearing it might anger North Korea.

Bolton has called on President Trump to pull out of a treaty designed to prevent a nuclear arms race between the US and Russia.

Russian president hails insists its nuclear arms are reserved for foiling incoming attacks.

Russian submarines and strategic aircraft fired nuclear-capable missiles during the exercises in the Barents and Okhotsk Seas.

The Israeli regime, which is widely believed to be in possession of hundreds of nuclear warheads, accuses Iran — which has a peaceful nuclear energy program under international monitoring — of seeking to obtain a nuclear bomb.

If nuclear-armed states are unwilling to give up their weapons, they could at least offer non-nuclear weapons states legally binding assurances not to threaten them with nuclear arms.

Japan says North Korea continues to pose a “serious and imminent threat” to the country despite Pyongyang’s suspension of its missile and nuclear tests.

US spy agencies say North Korea is possibly building more intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) capable of reaching the United States.