nuclear weapons

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attends a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri
Middle East

Saudi foreign minister: 'All bets off' if Iran gets nuclear weapon

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers his speech before he hands over the Marion Doenhoff Prize for international understanding and reconciliation to Russian Irina Sherbakova, co-founder of Russian rights group Memorial, during the award ceremony in Hamburg, Germany, December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
Europe

Scholz: Risk of Russia using nuclear weapons has diminished, for now

Visitors stand in front of a giant screen displaying Chinese President Xi Jinping next to a flag of the Communist Party of China, at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing, China October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo
China

China says US nuclear weapons report is speculation

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a visit to the Central Officers School of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on October 18, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
World+Biz

North Korea's Kim oversees ICBM test, vows more nuclear weapons

South Korea’s Defense Minister Jong-Sup Lee speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Arlington, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
World+Biz

South Korea not considering redeploying tactical nuclear weapons

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations logo is seen on a window in an empty hallway at United Nations headquarters during the 75th annual UN General Assembly high-level debate, which is being held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in New York, US, September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
World+Biz

UN rejects Russia's call for biological weapons probe

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on CHIPS manufacturing, at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York, U.S., October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
USA

Biden: Putin's talk of possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine is 'dangerous'

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Kremlin: annexed Ukrainian lands protected by Russian nuclear weapons

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate the Jewish New Year, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
South Asia

Biden says Pakistan may be 'one of the most dangerous nations in the world'

A missile launch is seen at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated photo released on October 10, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
World+Biz

What are 'tactical' nuclear weapons?

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un addresses the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, which passed a law officially enshrining its nuclear weapons policies, in Pyongyang, North Korea, September 8, 2022 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

North Korea says it practiced firing cruise missiles able to carry nuclear weapons

US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, in Washington, US, March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Al Drago/File photo
World+Biz

Biden doubts Putin would use nuclear weapon, Ukraine pleads for more weapons

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol delivers a speech as he holds his first official news conference, after taking office in May, to mark 100 days in office, in Seoul, South Korea August 17, 2022. Chung Sung-Jun/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

South Korea's Yoon says North Korea has nothing to gain from nuclear weapons