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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...

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

3 Feb 2018 4:24 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in cross the military demarcation line to the South side at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone Friday. (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...

29 April 2018 9:11 AM IST

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 April 2018 10:51 AM IST

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...

27 April 2018 8:37 AM IST

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...

25 April 2018 1:41 PM IST

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...

19 April 2018 12:10 PM 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

Since 2013, there have been seven rounds of talks between India and Pakistan to resolve the thorny water disputes.

Winds of climate change blow across South Asia

According to the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources, Pakistan officially crossed the water scarcity line in...

29 Oct 2019 1:27 AM IST

Pope Francis in in a new policy published Thursday said, that it is always inadmissible because it attacks the inherent dignity of all humans. (Photo: File)

At Nagasaki, Pope Francis condemns 'unspeakable horror' of nuclear...

At least 74,000 people died from the atomic bomb unleashed on the city in western Japan.

24 Nov 2019 4:26 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump shake hands after a document signing at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island on Tuesday in Singapore. (Photo: AP)

N Korea yet to take concrete steps to dismantle nukes: Pence

US awaits concrete steps by North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons.

17 Jan 2019 10:47 AM IST

The quickness with which Indian right-wingers and Pakistans hardliners bring in the nuclear option into the barbed exchanges between the two countries reveals that the leaders of these two countries behave like leaders of banana republics. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

India-Pak wrangling on N-weapons dangerous

It is true that the Indian missile air, land and water programme has the aim of nuclear-tipped weaponry. But it is not...

20 Aug 2019 8:12 AM IST

Ironically, after this decision was announced, Pakistan pledged its political, diplomatic and moral support to Kashmiris. (photo: ANI)

Rajnath Singh's remark on 'no first use' policy irresponsible and...

The statement appears to have rattled Pakistan, which has never had adopted the same policy itself.

17 Aug 2019 5:06 PM IST