Nuclear weapons

China urges 'calm' after Putin decree on broader use of nuclear weapons

Moscow has reacted furiously to a decision by US President Joe Biden to change policy on Ukraine and allow Kyiv to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time.
20 November 2024, 08:47 AM

Putin broadens rules on Russia's use of nuclear arms

The new doctrine outlines that Russia will consider using nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state if they are supported by nuclear powers.
19 November 2024, 09:25 AM

France to close 14 nuclear reactors by 2035: Macron

France’s President Emmanuel Macron says that France would shut down 14 of the country's 58 nuclear reactors currently in operation by 2035, of which between four and six will be closed by 2030.
27 November 2018, 11:42 AM

India successfully test launches ballistic-missile Agni-5

India today successfully test-fires its indigenously-developed nuclear-capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-5, from an island in the Bay of Bengal.
3 June 2018, 08:27 AM

Putin says Russia has invincible missile

President Vladimir Putin unveils an array of new nuclear weapons, in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and not be intercepted.
1 March 2018, 13:13 PM

Trump lands in South Korea to pressure the North

President Donald Trump arrives in South Korea on Tuesday, beginning a two-day visit centered on pressuring the nation’s neighbor to the north to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
7 November 2017, 04:45 AM

Trump puts Iran nuclear deal in jeopardy

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly declared that the Iran nuclear deal, known as “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action” (JCPOA), was the worst agreement the US has ever signed, and his first priority as president would be to “tear up” the deal. JCPOA has limited Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for removal of all sanctions imposed by the West and the United Nations.
27 August 2017, 18:00 PM

NK ‘will not use nuclear weapons' unless threatened

The leader of North Korea has said the country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is threatened.
8 May 2016, 04:43 AM

North Korean leader urges nuclear readiness

Kim Jong-un says North Korea's nuclear weapons should be ready for use "at any time", state media report.
4 March 2016, 04:41 AM

Scientists to adjust ‘Doomsday Clock’ to set new time for our demise

Scientists are set to announce today whether the civilization is any closer or farther from disaster based on a "Doomsday Clock" that measures the likelihood of a global catastrophe.
26 January 2016, 12:48 PM

Obama urges Pakistan to avoid raising nuclear tensions with new weapons

U.S. President Barack Obama urges Pakistan to avoid developments in its nuclear weapons programme that could increase risks and instability.
23 October 2015, 07:27 AM

North Korea Yongbyon nuclear site 'in full operation'

North Korea says its main nuclear facility, Yongbyon complex, is now in "full operation".
15 September 2015, 06:27 AM

Row between US and Netanyahu worsens

Row between US and Benjamin Netanyahu deepens, with the Israeli leader accusing America and others of "giving up" on trying to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons
26 February 2015, 04:38 AM