Aljaksandr Lukashenka is courting Kyiv, but his alliances tell a different story. The Afghan delegation and the Burmese ‘president’ in Minsk, and the Belarusian Foreign Minister’s summer holidays in Pyongyang

Pyongyang launches ten missiles just hours after the US offers new talks. But the provocation may come with a condition for returning to the negotiating table: recognition of North Korea as a nuclear power

Scale back military exercises with Seoul to reopen dialogue with Kim. But Pyongyang is better armed than ever, and has the Putin card to play. Diversionary tactics from the White House

“I believe Trump has missed an opportunity to deal a truly heavy blow to the Iranian regime,” the ambassador tells Il Foglio

Pyongyang is assisting Putin not only with troops but also with KN-23 and KN-24 missiles launched in attacks on Ukrainian cities. Seoul is observing the situation but cannot supply lethal equipment due to its own constitutional restrictions on the matter

The Kremlin is again asking Kim Jong Un for troops, perhaps as many as thirty thousand. This time, the North Korean regime could secure much more in return

Kim Jong Un’s Foreign Minister, Choe Son Hui, is flying to meet Putin. Lavrov is travelling to Manila for the ASEAN summit. The spread of destabilisation begins in Pyongyang