The UN nuclear chief warned that Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine is completely out of control and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to visit.
Russian official has twice repeated Putin's new message that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought, apparently trying to roll back on Putin's warning after the Ukraine invasion.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, warning that humanity is just one step away from nuclear annihilation.
US President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol will search for ways on Saturday to break a diplomatic stalemate with North Korea
Finland, which shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia, and Sweden are considering joining the Nato alliance
Kishida condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launches, saying that they are destabilising the region
Outgunned but determined Ukrainian troops slowed Russia's advance and held onto the capital and other key cities - at least for now
Government on Wednesday said it was prepared to deal with any such eventuality
Trump has signaled his preference to respond aggressively against the North Korean threat