New images assessed by Business Insider show new roadworks, buildings, and modifications, with some sites undergoing rapid expansion.

Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, Russia and North Korea – ramp up military activities in the region, the country’s defense minister said Tuesday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is on a visit to North Korea, said Moscow respects and understands why Pyongyang is developing its nuclear program.

Japan had initially planned the F-35Bs to support amphibious operations, but the initial six jets missed the target March delivery period.

U.S. imports from Russia during the first five months of this year totaled just $2.1 billion, but the commodities America receives include a critical fuel for nuclear reactors and a precious metal used in motor vehicle catalytic converters.

Russia and China would be the first nuclear powers to sign a treaty barring use of the weapons in Southeast Asia.

Snapback” sanctions will be triggered by the end of August if Tehran fails to make concrete progress to limit its nuclear program.

Russia’s foreign affairs ministry described reports claiming that President Vladimir Putin had encouraged his Iranian ally to accept a “zero enrichment” agreement on its nuclear programme as “defamation”.

Russia has been upgrading and modernizing several nuclear bases for its European and Pacific forces. Business Insider obtained new satellite images that show the major construction at the sites.

Former Trump White House advisor turned MAGA podcaster, Steve Bannon, warned on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s new hardline against Russia The post ‘Trip Into Nuclear War’: Bannon Sounds the Alarm on Report Trump Wants to Give Ukraine Long-Range Missiles to Bomb Moscow first appeared on Mediaite.