Russia has started exercises with the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system in a bid to show off its nuclear strength, following the suspension of the country's participation in an arms control treaty with the United States.

India says the situation with China in the western Himalayan region of Ladakh remains “fragile” and “dangerous”.

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price says Washington is closely monitoring Iran’s plans to deploy naval forces to the strategic Panama Canal, which connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

A delegation of Israeli military experts is reportedly stationed to the strategic Yemeni island of Socotra.

A new batch of US military forces has arrived in Yemen’s southeastern province of al-Mahrah, according to local sources.

China has repeatedly warned the US against extending its military presence in Asia and the Pacific.

“We plan to do it no later than autumn,” said the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos.

China has dispatched military and thousands of healthcare workers to help carry out COVID-19 tests for 26 million residents of Shanghai, in the country’s biggest public health response ever.

The war on Yemen, in its seventh year, has entered a new phase.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 1600 GMT, February 2, 2022.