North Korea is likely to carry out more missile tests if they "don't feel satisfied" with US talks.
That's according to US Defence Secretary Mark Esper, who added that it was important to "get serious".
"I've been watching the Korean Peninsula for maybe a quarter of a century now. So I'm familiar with their tactics, with their bluster and I think we need to get serious and sit down and have discussions about a political agreement that denuclearizes the Peninsula," he said.
Denuclearisation talks between both countries have reached a deadlock, with Pyongyang continuing to conduct a series of weapons tests over unrelenting sanctions from the US.
There are threats that North Korea could restart intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing, as US special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, urged Pyongyang to restart talks.
"I would like to remain an optimist that we can keep moving forward with regard to negotiations because the alternate is not a positive (one)," Esper added.
Israel stepped up airstrikes on Syria, declaring the attacks a warning to the new rulers in Damascus as it accused their ally Turkey of trying to turn the country into a Turkish protectorate.
The Trump administration moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 US-made assault rifles to Israel last month, according to a document seen by Reuters, pushing ahead with a sale that the administration of former president Joe Biden had delayed.
Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring 35 in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, regional officials said.
The Ministry of Justice said seven companies reportedly based in the UAE and sanctioned by the United States for ties to Sudan do not operate in the country.
Dubai Police announced on Friday it arrested 222 beggars during Ramadan and Eid, after a campaign was launched under the slogan “An Aware Society, Free of Begging,” in partnership with other government entities.