North Korea has lashed out at intensified military exercises between the US and South Korea, characterizing them as "warmongers' madness" and pledging to bolster its nuclear deterrence.    

A US F-16 jet fighter crashes near South Korean capital of Seoul during military drills.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the country's armed forces to strengthen their "military training oriented towards actual combat" amid tensions with the US over Taiwan. 

The Philippines and the United States launch their largest-ever annual joint military drills on Tuesday amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan and anti-American protests by Filipinos. 

The Kremlin says China has every right to conduct military drills around Taiwan.

The US Navy says one of its warships carried out what it called "a navigational rights and freedoms mission" in the South China Sea at the same time as Chinese military drills around Taiwan entered their third day.

China launches a three-day military exercise around Taiwan in what it described as a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island.

China has deployed warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day, Taiwanese officials said on Friday, as tensions mount between Beijing and the self-ruled island over a meeting between President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

North Korea says joint military drills by the United States and South Korea are pushing tensions on the Korean Peninsula to the "brink of a nuclear war," vowing to respond with "offensive action."

China says joint military drills by US and its regional allies, South Korea and Japan, are the main reason for tensions on the Korean Peninsula.