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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AP)

In the eye of an upcoming storm

Kim Jong Un's clash with the world powers may push him to act in highly explosive ways.

22 Oct 2017 1:27 AM IST

Workers are expected to begin mining operations at the US nuclear waste dump in New Mexico for the first time in three years. (AP

US nuke waste repository in New Mexico will get more space

The work to carve out more disposal space from the ancient salt formation will begin later this fall and should be...

18 Oct 2017 10:44 AM IST

A Tepco official wearing radioactive protective gear stands in front of Advanced Liquid Processing Systems during a media tour at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in November 2014. Photo:AP

Science vs Human fears Radiation risk looming at Fukushima

Japan has yet to reach consensus on what to do with a million tons of radioactive water.

26 Nov 2017 8:21 AM IST

Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell for breaking into Prime Minister Narendra Modis Office. (Photo: File|PTI)

Targeting Pak, PM demands probe of North Korea's nuke proliferation

The East Asia Summit is attended by the 10 Asean nations along with nine other nations including India, China, Japan,...

15 Nov 2017 1:34 AM IST

A file photograph of Agni-V

Nuke-capable ballistic missile Agni-V test-fired

5,000-km missile can hit China, Europe.

19 Jan 2018 1:47 AM IST

Los Alamos lab has struggled with safety lapses involving the handling of plutonium and radioactive waste and was found responsible for a 2014 radiation release that forced the nations only underground nuclear waste repository to close for nearly three years. (Photo: AP)

New Mexico nuclear weapons laboratory marks 75 years

The lab marked its anniversary earlier this month with a day of speeches and activities.

9 July 2018 8:05 AM IST

Irans stocks of key nuclear materials are still within the limits set by a 2015 deal with world powers, the latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on the matter said Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Iran's stocks of nuclear materials still within limits: IAEA

Stocks of both -- enriched uranium and heavy water did not exceed the ceilings set in the 2015 agreement, the report...

31 May 2019 8:01 PM IST

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will exceed the uranium enrichment limit it agreed upon in a 2015 deal. (Photo: AFP)

Rouhani says Iran to exceed uranium enrichment limit

It threatened to abandon further nuclear commitments, including exceeding the agreed uranium enrichment maximum from...

3 July 2019 6:16 PM IST

Defence minister Rajnath Singh in Jaisalmer on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Shift in India's 'no first use' nuclear doctrine?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said in the course of the 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign that India had not kept the...

17 Aug 2019 2:12 AM IST

The blast took place in Police District 3 (PD3) area in the city. (Photo: ANI)

5 killed in mysterious rocket test accident in Russia: report

Those reports say an area near Nyonoksa is used for tests on weapons, including ballistic and cruise missiles that are...

10 Aug 2019 10:45 AM IST

Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that it has launched a plan to increase its uranium enrichment capacity, nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Iran tells UN it will hike uranium enrichment capacity

Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that it has launched a plan to increase its uranium enrichment...

5 Jun 2018 4:24 PM IST

orth Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, is accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, right, Hwang Pyong So, second left, as he arrives for the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo: AP/File)

North Korea to face USD 1 billion economic pressure post UN sanctions

The United States spent weeks following the initial ICBM launch negotiating the text with China, North Korea's neighbor...

5 Aug 2017 11:16 AM IST