For the second straight day, China continued its largest-ever military exercises around Chinese Taipei on Friday in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's widely criticized visit to the self-ruled island.   

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the main part of joint military drills with Belarus, Zapad-2021.

South Korea has been developing a ballistic missile that can carry a warhead of up to an upgraded 3 tons, according to Seoul’s latest military plan.

Morocco in December last began renewing ties with the Israeli regime as part of the so-called Abraham Accords, becoming fourth Muslim-majority country after the UAE, Bahrain and Sudan to do so.