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Seoul's military said Friday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border in the third such incursion this month.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent trips to North Korea and Vietnam are noteworthy for the timing and focus, not to mention for highlighting his contempt for the rule of law.

Putin's visit to Vietnam strengthens strategic partnership amid global geopolitical shifts and Western sanctions.

Editorial: The revival of ties between Russia and North Korea is prompted by events outside Asia, but the best hopes of containment may lie within the region

Twenty political analysts are on trial in absentia in Belarus, accused of trying to overthrow the 30-year regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Hotfoot from signing a security pact with North Korea on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin has popped up in Vietnam, another of the few remaining countries where the Russian president is still welcome (or doesn’t face arrest under the war crimes warrant issued by the International Criminal Court last year). Here he…

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte will replace Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg in October who has run Nato since 2014

Ksenia Karelina faces a prison sentence of 12 years to life in Russia if she is convicted of treason charges

Explore mutual defense pacts between Russia-North Korea and US-allied nations, serving as deterrence against aggression.