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US allies call for greater unity as Trump-era rifts cloud global securityAllies at a defense conference stressed unity as threats become global. Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi highlighted that division...
Japan refutes 'new militarism', accuses China of rapidly armingJapan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi refuted accusations of "new militarism" and criticized China's opaque military buildup. He emphas...
Fire or ice: Why a ceasefire in the Gulf cannot holdAs the specter of renewed conflict between the US and Iran looms, the Strait of Hormuz stands at the center of this brewing storm. A fresh ...
North Korea again tests cluster munitions in a launch observed by Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju AeNorth Korea conducted its second ballistic missile test this month, featuring cluster bomb warheads, likely to enhance its ability to penet...
The war with Iran may be ushering in a new nuclear ageGlobal tensions are rising as nations consider developing nuclear weapons. Donald Trump's policies are prompting countries like Germany and...
Blinding light, sick burning smell: Hiroshima nuke bomb survivors share horror stories of survival being a burdenEighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the city remains a global symbol of nuclear horror and fragile peace. On 6 August, tens...
A new atomic arms race is stirring and the world is growing more dangerousEighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a new nuclear arms race is brewing, fueled by Trump's trade war and threats to withdraw US defen...
North Korea's Kim orders 'exponential' expansion of nuke arsenalKim's moves suggest he will continue his provocative run of weapons tests this year despite U.S.-led pressure campaigns to curb his nuclear...
United Nations chief urges nuke powers to abide by no-first-use pledge"I think that nobody, nobody can accept the idea that a new nuclear war would happen. This will be the destruction of the planet," Guterres...
China modernising and expanding its nuclear arsenal: SIPRISIPRI in its annual yearbook said as a part of China's substantial expansion of its nuclear weapon arsenal, several additional nuclear warh...
North Korea fires ballistic missile amid rising animositiesSouth Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile was fired from the North's capital region and flew to the waters o...
Nuclear sabre-rattling: other times when war threatened- 1962: Cuban missile crisis - In October 1962, at the heart of the Cold War, a 13-day showdown between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and...
China will continue to 'modernise' nuclear arsenal: Foreign ministryThe United States has also said China is expanding its nuclear arsenal with as many as 700 warheads by 2027 and possibly 1,000 by 2030.
- Strategic thinking
In Japan, there is still a tendency to criticise India for not having signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) o...
US adds 'low yield' nuclear weapon to its submarine arsenalIt is the first major addition to the strategic nuclear arsenal in recent decades and is a departure from the Obama administration's policy...
Barack Obama seeks reduction of nuclear arsenal in India, PakistanIndia and Pakistan need to make progress in reducing their nuclear arsenal and develop military doctrines so that they do not "continually ...
- Why India should get exceptional treatment from IAEA?
The India-specific safeguards agreement comes under the scrutiny of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...