President-elect Donald Trump has made no secret of his ambition to negotiate big diplomatic agreements. He wants to forge peace between Ukraine and Russia, and he wants to finalize a historic peace agreement both between Saudi Arabia and Israel and between Israel and the Palestinians.

Russia and China, locked in separate disputes with the U.S., have repeatedly blocked U.S.-led pushes to levy more U.N. sanctions on North Korea despite its repeated missile tests in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

North Korea will adopt the “toughest” strategy against the United States and increase its defence capabilities, officials said at a policy meeting last week.

During a five-day plenary meeting of the ruling Workers' Party that ended Friday, Kim called the US 'the most reactionary state that regards anti-communism as its invariable state policy.'View on euro

North Korea has tested a new hypersonic missile, which Kim Jong-un said would help deter its Pacific rivals, state media reported on Tuesday...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, state media reported Sunday, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president. Trump’s return to the White House raises ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, state media reported Sunday, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he will implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean ...

Ukraine has renewed its offensive in the Russian Kursk Oblast, catching the Russian military and Kremlin off-guard, while the incoming Trump administration is preparing to send a fact-finding trip

The US has announced a $500m aid package for Ukraine, including air defence missiles and ammunition. Meanwhile, around 113 people are injured after a Russian bomb attack in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia.

North Korea said Tuesday it successfully test-fired a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, claiming the weapon would "reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region."