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However, the study adds that neither Pakistan nor India is likely to initiate a nuclear conflict without substantial provocation

India-Pak nuclear war can kill 125m, says study

US varsity research studies possible war scenario.

04 Oct 2019 3:18 AM

A study by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and Rutgers University examined how such a hypothetical future conflict would have consequences that could ripple across the globe. (Photo: PTI)

India-Pakistan nuclear conflict may kill up to 125 million people: Study

The researchers found that the exploding nuclear weapons could release 16 to 36 million tonnes of soot.

03 Oct 2019 4:20 PM

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday it was Washington that had left the negotiating table. (Photo:AP)

'US needs to be in normal state, before talking': Hassan Rouhani

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday the United States is prepared to engage with Iran without pre-conditions.

03 Jun 2019 8:53 AM

North Korea is considering suspending talks with the United States and may rethink a ban on missile and nuclear tests. (Photo:AP)

NK may give up talks with US on banning nuclear missiles, fears diplomat

NK Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui blamed top U.S. officials for the breakdown of last month's summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un.

15 Mar 2019 3:04 PM

Kim vowed with Moon to seek denuclearisation and pursue a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War through a peace treaty with Seoul. (Photo: AP)

North Korea says peace talks not result of US pressure

The pair is set for the first ever face-to-face meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-Un, with a date and venue to be announced soon.

06 May 2018 2:10 PM

A major focus of the exercise was to check combat capability of the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft or LCA Tejas and their performance was satisfactory. (Photo: tejas.gov.in)

Indian Air Force tests capability to handle nuke, bio-warfare during mega-drill

The 13-day-long drill aimed to sharpen its war waging capability in the wake of fast evolving regional security situation.

24 Apr 2018 8:15 PM

North Korean media appeared to have had no major coverage of Kim's invitation to meet US President Donald Trump or South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss the future of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. (Photo: File)

World raves about Trump, Kim's first meeting, N Korean media remains silent

North Koreans appear to still be in the dark despite such a potentially historic achievement.

10 Mar 2018 2:25 PM

Trump decided ‘himself’ to meet with Kim ‘when conditions were right’: Tillerson

Trump has said he was prepared to meet Kim in what would be the first face-to-face encounter between the two countries' leaders.

09 Mar 2018 7:03 PM

In a diplomatic showdown at a UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament, North Korea responded by blaming Washington for escalating confrontation. (Photo: File)

N Korea ‘months away’ from ability to strike US with nuclear weapon: envoy

North Korea accused the United States of seeking to aggravate the situation on the divided peninsula by ‘deploying large nuclear assets’.

07 Feb 2018 4:25 PM

Pope Francis addresses journalists aboard the plane for his trip to Chile and Peru, on January 15, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

World is one step away from nuclear war, warns Pope Francis

Pope's comment came after Hawaii issued a false missile alert that provoked panic in US state and possible nuclear war with N Korea.

16 Jan 2018 11:18 AM

‘It is not an exaggeration to say that the security environment surrounding Japan is at its severest since World War Two. I will protect the people's lives and peaceful living in any situation,’ Shinzo Abe told a New Year news conference. (Photo: File)

Japan’s security endangered due to N Korea, situation like WW2: Shinzo Abe

Abe said Japan would take new steps to strengthen its defence posture but he did not go to specifics.

04 Jan 2018 4:31 PM

Earlier Tuesday, Trump sounded open to the possibility of an inter-Korean dialogue after Kim made a rare overture toward South Korea in a New Year's address. (Photo: File)

Trump may have nuclear button bigger than N Korea’s but there are rules

If the president were to order a strike, he would identify himself to military officials at the Pentagon with codes unique to him.

03 Jan 2018 3:17 PM

US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley dismissed the proposed dialogue, warning that Washington would never accept a nuclear-armed Pyongyang. (Photo: AFP)

US nuclear button much bigger, more powerful: Trump warns N Korea

Trump's message came after Kim Jong-Un warned he has a 'nuclear button' on his table, but expressed interest in a dialogue.

03 Jan 2018 8:45 AM

The drills come a week after North Korea said it had tested its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States. (Photo: AFP)

US B-1B bomber joins military drill on Korean peninsula as N Korea tension escalates

The bomber flew from the Pacific US-administered territory of Guam and joined US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters in the annual exercises.

06 Dec 2017 7:31 PM

In his maiden address to the UN General Assembly he threatened to “totally destroy” the North if it attacked the US or its allies. (Photo: AP/File)

US will face ‘merciless punishment’ for Trump’s reckless remarks: N Korea

After arriving in Tokyo on Sunday, Trump warned that “no dictator” should underestimate the United States.

05 Nov 2017 4:55 PM

Soviet who halted Armageddon dies

Stanislav Petrov, credited with helping prevent a nuclear war with the US.

20 Sep 2017 2:51 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AP)

North Korea asks US ‘not to play with fire’

During drill, long-range B-1B Lancer bombers flew close to the border between two Koreas and dropped 900 kg bombs.

10 Jul 2017 5:49 AM

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