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A staunch opponent of the Iran nuclear deal, Netanyahu again showered US President Donald Trump with praise for pulling out of the deal on May 8. (Photo: File)

Netanyahu hails US policy on Iran, calls on world to back

'We call on the entire international community to join this American position,' Netanyahu said.

22 May 2018 10:57 AM

Israel, at 70, remains a restless warrior

Israel’s biggest diplomatic breakthrough happened when Egypt, once a mortal enemy and leader of the anti-Israel Arab coalition, recognised it in 1978.

15 May 2018 1:41 AM

Kim made the comment during Friday’s historic summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, said the spokesman. (Photo: AP)

Kim Jong Un pledges to shut down N Korea's nuclear test site in May

The North Korean leader also promised to invite US experts and journalists to watch the closure of the country’s nuclear test.

29 Apr 2018 9:11 AM

President Donald Trump shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the end of their news conference in the East Room of the White House, Friday. (Photo: AP)

Won't let Iran's 'murderous regime' acquire nuclear weapons: Trump

Trump was addressing a joint White House news conference with the visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

28 Apr 2018 10:51 AM

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in were engaged in a metaphorical and literal diplomatic dance on Friday when they met at the frontier. (Photo: AFP)

'A new history starts now' writes Kim as two Koreas' leaders meet

The two leaders shook hands at the military demarcation line, making Kim the first leader to set foot in the South since the 1950-53 war.

27 Apr 2018 8:37 AM

In an article written for the www.military.com website, Joseph V Micallef, warns that if Islamabad continues in this vein, there is every possibility of nuclear device or devices falling into the hands of militant jihadist organisations, both in Pakistan and in other parts of the world. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

Pak may soon have world's 3rd largest nuclear stockpile: report

Between 1971 and 2016, Islamabad has been developing its own nuclear arsenal, 'both plutonium and enriched uranium-based weapons.'

25 Apr 2018 1:41 PM

Trump said that CIA director Mike Pompeo and Kim 'got along really well' in their recent secret meeting. (Photo: AP)

Can pull out of North Korea summit if it’s not fruitful, says Trump

Trump says US-led 'maximum pressure' campaign of tough economic sanctions on N Korea would continue until isolated nation 'denuclearises'.

19 Apr 2018 12:10 PM

India seeks status as a global power, the Pentagon's top intelligence chief told US lawmakers on Tuesday, adding that as such New Delhi perceives its strategic forces as necessary elements to achieve that goal. (Representational Image)

India seeks global power status: Pentagon intelligence chief

India has put its first domestically-built nuclear submarine, the INS Arihant, into service.

07 Mar 2018 10:58 AM

These reminders of the fault lines and sabrerattling between India and Pakistan call for introspection, for thinking through our preparedness to deal with crises, and to gauge our ability to protect citizens from our own follies.

Our beliefs on a nuclear war might have to be revised

Ironically, attention drawn to a US-North Korea crisis or other potential flashpoints makes the nuclear establishment in Pakistan fairly comfortable.

03 Mar 2018 1:35 AM

Dan Coats also said North Korea will be among the most volatile and confrontational weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats to the US over the next year. (Photo: File/AFP)

Pakistan developing new kinds of nuke weapons: US Intel chief

Dan Coats' remarks came days after a group of Pakistan-based JeM terrorists struck the Sunjuwan Military Camp in Jammu on Saturday.

14 Feb 2018 9:16 AM

‘The US will hold accountable any state or non-state actor that supports terrorist efforts to obtain or employ a nuclear weapon,” Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Tom Shannon, told reporters at a Pentagon news conference. (Photo: AP)

US warns countries warned against helping terrorists acquire nuke weapons

US officials have expressed concern over the possibility of nuclear weapons of Pakistan landing into the hands terrorist groups.

03 Feb 2018 4:24 PM

Han, addressing the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament, said nuclear tests in 2017 had allowed his country to 'perfect a national nuclear force' in a transparent manner. (Photo: AP | Representational)

North Korea, US clash at disarmament forum on nuke issue

N Korea is developing missile and nuclear technology amid regular threats to destroy the US and Japan and in defiance of UNSC resolutions.

23 Jan 2018 8:51 PM

The Army chief also spoke about nuclear weapons and deterrence. (Photo: PTI)

Terrorist bases in Pak aiming to revive insurgency in J&K: Rawat

The Army chief said nuclear arms may be weapons of deterrence, but that does not mean that nations will not engage in combat.

18 Jan 2018 9:18 AM

‘US a step closer to N-war with usable warheads’

The NRP, set to be published by the Pentagon, will be the first update of America’s nuclear doctrine in eight years.

11 Jan 2018 1:52 AM

The photo circulated by Pope Francis over the 2017 holidays. (Photo: Vatican Press Office)

Pope Francis signs off 2017 with poignant warning

The photo captures a boy carrying his dead brother on his shoulders while waiting for his turn at a crematory.

01 Jan 2018 4:27 AM

The North's official Korean Central News Agency took the oft-repeated stance as it reviewed the country's major nuclear weapons and missile tests in 2017. (Photo: AFP)

Won’t give up nukes till US continue their ’blackmail’: N Korea

The North Korea lashes out at the annual military drills between the US and South Korea, which the allies describe as defensive in nature.

30 Dec 2017 8:27 PM

Kim personally awarded medals to ‘those in the field of defence science who most faithfully and perfectly carried out the Party's plan for building strategic nuclear force, successfully test-fired ICBM Hwasong-15.’ (Photo: File)

Kim Jong-un praises rocket scientists, promises more weapons

The North Korean leader was speaking at the close of a rare two-day munitions conference to celebrate the Hwasong-15.

13 Dec 2017 11:30 AM

Noting that both the Pakistani state and civil society have become the targets of terror attacks, it said some attacks have occurred, with insider help, on sensitive military bases where nuclear weapons are likely stored. (Photo: AP)

‘Pakistan nukes surest route to nuclear war’

In the last four decades, the Pakistani deep state’s pursuit of low intensity conflict in Afghanistan and India.

27 Nov 2017 1:27 AM

The greatest threat in the region comes not from the development of large, sophisticated, and diversified nuclear arsenals, but from the continued stability of the institutions guarding them. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Pak Nukes surest route to escalate war to nuclear level: report

The Pakistani deep state’s pursuit of low intensity conflict in Afghanistan and India, has produced terrible on Pakistan itself.

26 Nov 2017 3:27 PM

The shell of a building stands amid acres of rubble in this view of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. (Photo: AP)

It’s time to treat India as a N-weapons state

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was devastated and three days later, on August 9, Nagasaki was decimated.

25 Nov 2017 4:56 AM

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