Senior diplomats from South Korea and the US on Thursday held phone conversations with an expectation to resume nuclear dialogue with Pyongyang after the inter-Korean communication line was restored earlier this week, Yonhap news reported citing the foreign ministry

The United States is open to dialogue with North Korea, yet at the same time Washington is focused on its commitment to help defend South Korea, if necessary, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday

Ecuadorean court revoked WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's citizenship last week, his lawyer in Quito, Carlos Poveda, told Sputnik