Russia has fiercely defended its nuclear programme and rejected US demands to halt the production of one of its more controversial missiles.
It spells further bad news for the future of a key nuclear treaty, as Dan Ashby reports.
Search ARN News Centre
Russia rejects US demands to halt nuclear missile production
More from International
-
Ex-Indian finance minister arrested on corruption charges
India's former finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has been arrested on charges of corruption.
-
Number of deaths in Afghan wedding blast rises to 80
The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a wedding party in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul has risen to 80.
-
With Greenland not for sale, Trump scraps Denmark visit
US President Donald Trump has cancelled his state visit to Denmark after its Prime Minister insisted that Greenland was not for sale.
-
Hunt for 250 inmates who fled Papua jail during riots
Indonesian authorities are hunting for more than 250 inmates who fled a prison in Papua that had been set ablaze a day earlier.
-
Brazil bus hijacker shot dead by police
A man who took a bus and 37 people hostage on a bridge in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has been shot dead.
Latest Local News
-
Community welfare project launched for Abu Dhabi's senior citizensAn initiative aimed at improving senior citizens social interaction and welfare has been launched in Abu Dhabi.
-
Man who sent woman death threats has sentence halvedA taxi driver who threatened to kill a woman over a financial dispute has had his six month jail sentence halved by the Dubai Court of Appeal.
