Armenia prepares for an election that could reshape ties with Moscow and the WestArmenia's parliamentary elections are a pivotal vote on its geopolitical future, with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeking closer EU and ...
07 Jun, 2026, 06.57 AM IST
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea next week. This marks his first trip in almost seven years. The visit follows Nort...
05 Jun, 2026, 08.37 AM IST
US allies urge unity in face of growing global security threatsAt the Shangri-La defence conference in Singapore, allies of the United States urged greater unity in the face of growing global security t...
31 May, 2026, 11.47 PM IST
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...
31 May, 2026, 10.20 AM IST
With AI manifesto, Leo joins pantheon of popes who urged world to changePope Leo XIV has released a new document, "Magnifica Humanitas," calling for global leaders to regulate artificial intelligence. This marks...
25 May, 2026, 08.47 PM IST
Trump calls Obama’s Iran nuclear deal ‘one of the worst ever made,’ vows Hormuz blockade until agreement signedIn a recent statement, US President Donald Trump conveyed optimism over the negotiations with Iran for a new nuclear agreement, highlightin...
24 May, 2026, 08.29 PM IST
White House unveils massive US-China accords on trade and Iran, silences Taiwan flashpointThe White House released details of President Trump's China visit. Major trade deals were struck, including aircraft purchases and agricult...
18 May, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
A proper Trump-Xi summit would deal with nukesNuclear weapons may not dominate discussions between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, but analysts arg...
14 May, 2026, 08.49 AM IST
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...
20 Apr, 2026, 06.16 AM IST
US-Iran: Decoding more than four decades of enmityArch-foes United States and Iran are set to hold talks in Islamabad. This meeting aims to end a month-long war in the Middle East. A fragil...
11 Apr, 2026, 04.52 PM IST
World growing more dangerous: Ready-to-use nuclear weapons rise despite overall decline, report warnsNuclear weapons are on the rise globally. Monitors report more warheads are ready for use. This is a worrying trend as conflicts intensify....
26 Mar, 2026, 02.45 PM IST
Neither party to nuclear arms ban treaty, nor back it, says IndiaNone of the nuclear weapons states are party to the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Even NATO has refused to support the t...
24 Jan, 2021, 01.32 PM IST
First-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons enters into forceThe Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is now part of international law, culminating a decades-long campaign aimed at preventing ...
22 Jan, 2021, 02.09 PM IST
India not participating in UN talks on nuclear weapons banMore than 120 nations in October last year voted on a UN General Assembly resolution to convene the conference to negotiate a legally bindi...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.01 PM IST
Centre justifies skipping talks for pact on nuclear arms banThe treaty, the first multilateral legally-binding instrument for nuclear disarmament, was adopted last week at the UN in New York.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.04 PM IST
Over 40 nations ink nuclear ban treaty opposed by big powersWithin an hour, 42 states had put their names to the treaty, and more were signing afterward. Guyana, Thailand and the Vatican also have ra...
21 Sep, 2017, 07.26 AM IST
UN chief Ban Ki-moon appeals India, 7 others to ratify Nuclear test ban treatyThe Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test on August 29 in 1949, followed by another 455 nuclear tests over succeeding decades.
26 Aug, 2014, 02.35 PM IST