Nuclear weapons
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North Korea’s recent drills show west cannot ignore nuclear threat
Country firing close to South Korean waters in response to Washington-Seoul drills, as it also sells missiles …
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Hiroshima survivors plead for nuclear-free world as global tensions rise
Survivors of 1945 atomic bomb express deep concern amid bellicose rhetoric from Russia and North KoreaToshiyuk…
- China, Joe Biden, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US news, World news, Xi Jinping
Pakistan summons US envoy over Joe Biden’s ‘most dangerous nation’ remark
US president questioned country’s nuclear weapons safety protocols sparking outrage in Islamabad Pakistan on S…
- Asia Pacific, Biden administration, China, Europe, Joe Biden, Nuclear weapons, Russia, US news, World news
US will soon need to deter two major nuclear powers for first time, White House says
New national security strategy warns of Russia as more immediate threat and China as long-term competitorWithi…
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North Korea says missile tests simulated striking South with tactical nuclear weapons
Kim Jong-un said his forces were “completely ready to hit and destroy targets at any time from any location”No…
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What’s behind the sudden increase in missile tests from North Korea?
With six launches in 12 days, North Korea is flexing its muscles and taking advantage of geopolitical turmoil …
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North Korea missile launch prompts rare alert in Japan – video
North Korea has reportedly launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile over northern Japan. The first suc…
- Asia Pacific, Kamala Harris, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Nuclear weapons, South Korea, US news, World news
Kamala Harris hits out at North Korea’s ‘provocative nuclear rhetoric’ on DMZ visit
Pyongyang fired ballistic missiles into the sea just hours before US vice-president arrived in SeoulThe US vic…
- China, Europe, European Union, Joe Biden, Kyiv, Nato, Nuclear weapons, Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen, US news, Vladimir Putin, World news, Xi Jinping
What happens if Putin goes nuclear in Ukraine? Biden has a choice to make
Russian forces are in retreat yet Nato still holds back for fear of what a humiliated Kremlin might do. But no…
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Kim Jong-un says new law guarantees North Korea will never give up nuclear weapons
Leader says North Korea’s nuclear status is now ‘irreversible’, with military allowed to ‘automatically’ use a…
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North and South Korea relations: what’s behind the tensions – in 30 seconds
Countries technically still at war though both sides continue to refer to the eventual unification of the peni…
- Asia Pacific, Culture, Documentary films, Film, Ireland, Japan, Nuclear weapons, Photography, US news, World news
US airman who rescued film of A-bomb horrors is honoured at last
Cameraman Daniel McGovern copied footage of Hiroshima and Nagasaki devastation to ensure lessons were learnedT…
- China, Cold war, Defence policy, Europe, Nato, Nuclear weapons, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, Weapons technology, World news
Poor communication ‘raises risk of nuclear war with China or Russia’
Sir Stephen Lovegrove, the UK’s national security adviser, says backdoor channels had deterioratedThe west ris…
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US warns of ‘stark’ stakes in Taiwan Strait if status quo unilaterally altered
Defence secretary says US does not support Taiwan independence, which China says would prompt it to take islan…
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Outrage as North Korea takes helm of world disarmament body
Countries use North’s elevation in rotating presidency to chastise Pyongyang over recent missile tests and fea…