Rocket and guided missile manufacturing
Al Fursan, or the Knights, a UAE Air Force aerobatic display team, perform during the opening day of the International Defence Exhibition & Conference, IDEX, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
UAE weapons show draws major deals, traders amid pandemic

By Isabel Debre Feb. 21, 2021 10:11 AM EST

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends at a meeting of Central Committee of Worker’s Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korean, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
UN experts say North Korea still modernizing nuclear arsenal

By Edith M. Lederer Feb. 08, 2021 10:08 PM EST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha during their meeting at the foreign ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Wang arrived in Seoul on Nov. 25, for a three-day state visit.(Kim Min-hee/Pool Photo via AP)
China's top diplomat stresses S.Korea ties amid row with US

By Kim Tong-Hyung Nov. 26, 2020 02:11 AM EST

Israel strikes Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets

By Fares Akram Aug. 28, 2020 01:15 AM EDT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it struck militant targets in Gaza, including a weapons manufacturing site, after six rockets were fired...

French and U.S. flags decorate a house front near Omaha Beach, Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. France has avoided echoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism of Beijing’s handling of the coronavirus, but legislators applauded Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian mid July 2020 when he condemned abuses of minority Uighurs in China’s northwest. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
US-China spats rattle world, prompting calls for unity

By Joe Mcdonald Jul. 28, 2020 06:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. If Trump doesn't extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, only remaining U.S.-Russia arms control pact, or succeed in negotiating a replacement treaty, it will expire on Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Time running out on the last US-Russia nuclear arms treaty

By Deb Riechmann May. 23, 2020 08:53 AM EDT