IS PUTIN BLUFFING? IT'S HARD TO SAY HOW WORRIED THE WEST SHOULD BE

Is Vladimir Putin bluffing or should we be worried about his new 'miracle weapons'?... READ MORE›

'NUCLEAR WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND US WILL BRING END TO CIVILIZATION'

He added that the presence of American non-strategic nuclear weapons in Europe is a major stumbling block in the path of disarmament... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | TRUMP'S NUCLEAR POLICY IS TAKING US BACK TO THE COLD WAR

The Nuclear Posture Review paints a world of terrifying 'Great Power' conflict... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS REVIEW BOOSTS REGIONAL COMMAND ROLES

I believe that anybody that employs a nuclear weapon in the world has created a strategic effect and all nuclear weapons are strategic... READ MORE›

NUCLEAR FEARS PUSH DOOMSDAY CLOCK CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT

The clock was moved forward by 30 seconds on Thursday by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists because of mounting concern over nuclear war and climate change ... READ MORE›

DOOMSDAY CLOCK JUST MOVED: IT'S NOW 2 MINUTES TO 'MIDNIGHT,' THE SYMBOLIC HOUR OF THE APOCALYPSE

Within days, Kimball noted, the Trump administration is set to announce a nuclear strategy that calls for expanding the role of U.S. nuclear weapons... READ MORE›

DOOMSDAY CLOCK TICKS CLOSER TO APOCALYPSE AND 1 PERSON IS TO BLAME

Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to midnight on Thursday amid increasing worries over nuclear weapons and climate change... READ MORE›

29 US SCIENTISTS PRAISE IRAN DEAL IN LETTER TO OBAMA

The letter notes criticism that the Iran accord, after 10 years, will let Tehran potentially develop nuclear arms without constraint... READ MORE›

FRIEDMAN OBAMA MAKES HIS CASE

We have cut off every pathway for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon... READ MORE›

FEARING U.S. WITHDRAWAL, EUROPE CONSIDERS ITS OWN NUCLEAR DETERRENT

BERLIN -- An idea, once unthinkable, is gaining attention in European policy circles a European Union nuclear weapons program... READ MORE›

SIGN UP TO THE UN BAN ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS

A legally binding nuclear weapons ban treaty has been agreed by 122 states at the UN, the culmination of decades of global civil society campaigning... READ MORE›

INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS AWARDED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

The world has nearly 15,000 nuclear weapons. This year's Nobel Peace Prize honors the quest to abolish all of them... READ MORE›

ALLIES WEIGH NUCLEAR OPTIONS AS NORTH KOREA THREAT LOOMS

Given the failure of sanctions, threats and negotiations to stop North Korea, South Koreans are increasingly convinced the North will never give up its nuclear weapons... READ MORE›

JAPAN, INDIA SIGN AGREEMENT ON CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER

Energy-hungry India wants to increase nuclear power generation to support its strong economic growth... READ MORE›

INDIA, LONG AT ODDS WITH PAKISTAN, MAY BE RETHINKING NUCLEAR FIRST STRIKES

There is a potential gray area as to when India would use nuclear weapons first against a nuclear-armed adversary, Mr. Menon wrote... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | UNDER TRUMP, NUCLEAR BRINKMANSHIP IS THE NEW NORMAL

The way Trump discusses nuclear weapons may fall into a pattern at times observed among military officials in the past, as researchers pointed out Tuesday... READ MORE›

EX-ADVISERSWARN OBAMAIRAN DEAL MAYFALL SHORT

At the core of the letter are what Mr... READ MORE›

POWERFUL PHOTOS OF SURVIVOR SHOW EFFECTS OF ATOMIC BOMB 70 YEARS ON

86-year-old Sumiteru Taniguchi was just 16 years old when the bomb devastated his city... READ MORE›

TRUMP REPEATS CALL FOR US NUCLEAR SUPREMACY

The US has 6,800 nuclear weapons and Russia has 7,000, according to the US nonpartisan Arms Control Association... READ MORE›

NEWS ANALYSIS FUTURE RISKS OF AN IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

Ross, who served as a White House adviser on Iran during Mr. Obama's first term and has yet to decide if he will back the accord... READ MORE›

IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL: INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS LIFTED

International sanctions on Iran have been lifted after a watchdog confirmed it had complied with a deal designed to prevent it developing nuclear weapons... READ MORE›

US EXPLORING DEAL TO LIMIT PAKISTANS NUCLEAR ARSENAL

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is exploring a deal with Pakistan that would limit the scope of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, the fastest-growing on earth... READ MORE›

European officials have suggested in recent days that an agreement is closer than the 50-50 assessment by Obama administration officials... READ MORE›

BELGIUM FEARS NUCLEAR PLANTS ARE VULNERABLE

Experts say the most remote of the potential nuclear-related risks is that Islamic State operatives would be able to obtain highly enriched uranium... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP REFUSES TO RULE OUT LAUNCHING A NUCLEAR ATTACK ON EUROPE

Donald Trump refuses to rule out using nuclear weapons in attack on Europe... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: UK NUCLEAR DETERRENT TO COST $256 BILLION, FAR MORE THAN EXPECTED

He was widely quoted last month as saying he would not be prepared to use nuclear weapons if he became prime minister... READ MORE›

RUSSIA TO BUILD IRAN ATOMIC REACTORS

Guardian.co.uk russia to build two more nuclear reactors in iran 5 hrs ago... READ MORE›

RISK OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE AT ALL-TIME HIGH SINCE COLD WAR - UN STUDY

Risk of nuclear weapons use at all-time high since Cold War - UN study -- RT News... READ MORE›

TRUMPS CHANGING STANCES START TO CATCH UP WITH HIM

Arms control experts pointed out that if Tokyo and Seoul sought nuclear weapons, they would violate their commitments under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty... READ MORE›

OBAMA URGESCONGRESS TOSUPPORT IRANIANNUCLEAR DEAL

Obama insisted that those threats are compounded if Iran gets a nuclear weapon... READ MORE›

OPINION | WEEKEND ROUNDUP: TRUMP'S UNRAVELING OF THE IRAN DEAL DASHES NEGOTIATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA

Neither Japan nor South Korea are eager to become nuclear-armed states, Kausikan writes, and Washington is wary... READ MORE›

IRAN HANDS OVER STOCKPILE OF ENRICHED URANIUM TO RUSSIA

Iran is still disassembling centrifuges, which enrich uranium, and disabling a plutonium reactor, among other steps that are required under the nuclear agreement struck in July... READ MORE›

IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR WORLD'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATES TO DISARM

But he says the nuclear weapons states are not keeping their side of the bargain by disarming... READ MORE›

OBAMA REBUKES TRUMPS COMMENTS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Mr. Trump said he was open to allowing Japan and South Korea to acquire nuclear weapons to deter their rogue neighbor, North Korea... READ MORE›

RUSSIA THREATENS US WITH NUCLEAR ARMS 'COUNTER-MEASURES'

The United States has reduced its non-strategic nuclear weapons by approximately 90 percent since the end of the Cold War, the spokesman, Lt... READ MORE›

ICAN URGES NUCLEAR POWERS TO ADOPT BAN-THE-BOMB TREATY

Nobel Peace Prize ICAN urges nuclear powers to adopt ban-the-bomb treaty... READ MORE›