The Australian navy joined Indian, Japanese and American warships for annual Malabar exercises that began Tuesday in the Indian Ocean marking the growing strategic convergence of the four countries amid rising concerns about Chinese assertiveness in Asia.

South Korea’s spy agency has alleged that the rival North is building two new submarines capable of launching ballistic missiles. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency on Tuesday cited the country’s National Intelligence Service as making the allegation, without elaborating or producing any evidence about the claim.

Rival Libyan military officers have agreed on a road map for implementing a ceasefire deal reached last month, UN acting envoy to Libya Stephanie Williams said Tuesday. The announcement came after a meeting of a joint military commission to discuss the implementation of the deal opened Monday on home soil …