nuclear arms

Police officers stand next to a crater at an impact site following a missile attack from Iran, in Herzliya, Israel, 17 June 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
USA

'Not a ceasefire': Trump seeking 'real end' to Israel-Iran conflict

Trump predicted that Israel would not be easing its attacks on Iran

Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Javad Zarif speaks during the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman
Middle East

Iran tries to calm nuclear concerns as UN warns on enrichment

US President Joe Biden meets with China's President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru, November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Pool
World+Biz

Biden, Xi agree that humans, not AI, should control nuclear arms

Putin would detonate one or more “tactical” (as opposed to “strategic”) nukes. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

Top 9 nuclear-armed states spent record $91.4bn on nuclear weapons in 2023: Report

Nuclear arms race and the Cold War
Panorama

Nuclear arms race and the Cold War

North Korean military fires a guided weapon into the East Sea during a military drill in North Korea, May 4, 2019. KCNA via REUTERS
World+Biz

These five nations can attack any place on Earth with a missile

Illustration: Collected
World+Biz

Russia vetoes a UN resolution calling for the prevention of a dangerous nuclear arms race in space

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., 1 March 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
World+Biz

China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty

A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives in Red Square during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Atomic scientists keep 'Doomsday Clock' as close to midnight as ever

FILE PHOTO: Members of Russia's State Duma lower house of parliament attend a plenary session in Moscow, Russia, October 18, 2023. Russian State Duma/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Russian parliament completes passage of law shifting stance on nuclear test ban treaty

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin observes exercises held by Russia's strategic nuclear forces, as he takes part in a video link in Moscow, Russia October 26, 2022. Sputnik/Alexei Babushkin/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Russian nuclear test would send warning signal, prompt others to follow suit

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen addressing a High-Level Plenary Meeting of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly on 26 September in New York. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

There are no right hands to handle these wrong weapons: Momen calls for eliminating nuclear weapons at UN

FILE PHOTO: A crew patrols on the deck of U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine USS Kentucky anchored at Busan Naval Base, in Busan, South Korea, July 19, 2023. WOOHAE CHO/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Second US submarine arrives in South Korea amid North Korea tensions