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This combination of photos show North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) on April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea and US President Donald Trump in Washington on April 29. (Photo: AP)

US will face merciless punishment' for Trump's reckless remarks: N...

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

5 Nov 2017 4:55 PM IST

Stanislav Petrov

Soviet who halted Armageddon dies

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

20 Sept 2017 2:51 AM IST

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...

16 Jan 2018 11:18 AM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker and freshly re-elected EU President Donald Tusk in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

Japan's security endangered due to N Korea, situation like WW2: Shinzo...

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

4 Jan 2018 4:31 PM IST

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 Years address. (Photo: File)

Trump may have nuclear button bigger than N Korea's but there are...

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

3 Jan 2018 3:17 PM IST

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...

3 Jan 2018 8:45 AM IST

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:...

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

7 Feb 2018 4:25 PM IST

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...

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

24 April 2018 8:15 PM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

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

US varsity research studies possible war scenario.

4 Oct 2019 3:18 AM IST

Responding to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khans speech at the United Nation General Assembly, India on Saturday said his speech qualifies as brinkmanship and not statesmanship. (Photo: PTI)

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

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

3 Oct 2019 4:20 PM IST

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...

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

15 March 2019 3:04 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (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...

3 Jun 2019 8:53 AM IST