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[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is calling for an “exponential increase” in his country’s nuclear weapons arsenal as threats from South Korea and the Untied States increase, Pyongyang’s state media reported Sunday. Kim’s comments come as North Korea twice over the weekend tested …

[ad_1] Washington CNN  —  The Biden administration has launched an expansive task force to investigate how US and western components, including American-made microelectronics, are ending up in Iranian-made drones Russia is launching by the hundreds into Ukraine, multiple officials familiar with the effort tell CNN.  The US has imposed tough export control …

[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the waters off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in what has been a record year for test launches by the Kim Jong Un regime. The launches, reported by both South Korean and Japanese authorities, marked …

[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  Father and daughter walking hand in hand near a towering weapon of mass destruction. That was the scene North Korea showed the world on Saturday as state media released the first pictures of Kim Jong Un with a child believed to be his daughter, …

[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of “a new type” of intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, alongside his young daughter, whose existence had not previously been confirmed. Striking photographs released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) appear to show Kim …

[ad_1] Bangkok, Thailand CNN  —  The three major summits of world leaders that took place across Asia in the past week have made one thing clear: Vladimir Putin is now sidelined on the world stage. Putin, whose attack on Ukraine over the past nine months has devastated the European country …

[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, the second missile test by the Kim Jong Un regime in two days, in actions condemned as unacceptable by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The ICBM was launched around 10:15 a.m. local time from …

[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korea tested a ballistic missile on Thursday as it warned the United States of a “fiercer military counteraction” to Washington’s bolstered defense ties with South Korea and Japan amid rising regional tensions. In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency …

[ad_1] Bali, Indonesia CNN  —  Russia’s international isolation grew Wednesday, as world leaders sought to gain unanimous support in condemning its war in Ukraine that has killed thousands of people and roiled the global economy. At the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, scrutiny fell on China and India …

[ad_1] Phnom Penh, Cambodia CNN  —  President Joe Biden landed in Cambodia on Saturday still reveling in midterm election results that have produced an unexpected boost at home for his second two years in office. The scale of the challenges abroad, and the effort to translate 21 months of intensive …