Nuclear weapon

Nuclear weapon

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin's St. George Hall in Moscow, Russia June 23, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Why is Putin talking about a new nuclear weapons treaty with the US?

Putin has been under pressure from Trump to agree to end the three-and-a-half-year-old war in Ukraine, something Moscow says is part of a complex of security issues that have raised East-West...

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi addresses the media during their Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, September 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

No evidence Iran is actively pursuing nuclear weapons: IAEA chief

A still image from video, released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launched during exercises held by the country's strategic nuclear forces at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, in this image taken from handout footage released October 26, 2022. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

UN calls for stronger controls over nuclear weapons amid rising threats

Chairman of the Committee on Defence of Russia's State Duma Andrei Kartapolov attends the International Maritime Defence Show "FLEET-24" in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia June 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File Photo

Russian lawmaker warns Moscow may change timing for use of nuclear weapons

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US believes Russia developing space-based nuclear weapon, says source

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony launching the Talas Gold Mining Plant at Kyrgyzstan's Jerooy gold deposit via a video link in Moscow, Russia March 17, 2021. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS

Putin says Russia could use nuclear weapons but has 'no need to'

FILE PHOTO: People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers salute in front of nuclear-capable missiles during a massive parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing October 1, 2009. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo

Nuclear arms spending, arsenals swell as global tensions grow: studies

FILE PHOTO: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu delivers a speech during an annual meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2022. Sputnik/Sergei Fadeichev/Pool via REUTERS

Russia to keep developing nuclear weapons, defence minister says

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attends the ASEAN summit held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Cindy Liu/Files

China Premier Li emphasised 'irresponsibility' of nuclear threats at Asia summit - US official

FILE PHOTO: Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo/File Photo

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: only Russia could use nuclear arms in Europe

A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo

When will North Korea test a nuclear weapon?