Nuclear Disarmament

AN SNP MP has told MPs that the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is one of the greatest tragedies of our time and that the UK cannot ignore its role in it. Douglas Chapman said the UK must do more to alleviate the suffering of Yemeni citizens. Defence procureme…

North Korea has issued a new threat to U.S. negotiators, warning that Washington will face a fierce reaction if the Americans do not adjust their strategy for sanctions relief and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Since bilateral talks stalled at the…

Mikhail Gorbachev. (Courtesy of Dogwoof) It has been almost 30 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Mikhail Gorbachev wants to define his own historical legacy. As the 88-year-old Gorbachev told German documentarian Werner Herzog last year, his…

Keith Haring once said: "Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further." It's a sentiment that resonates throughout the artist and activist's somewhat short career, which took place during the …

North Korea is refusing to re-engage with stalled disarmament talks until the U.S. returns a seized container ship accused of violating international sanctions. The U.S. Justice Department said on May 9 that the 17,061-ton Wise Honest vessel had been seized …

"Mikhail Sergeyevich, please allow me to explain myself," says Werner Herzog. "I am a German, and the first German that you probably met wanted to kill you." So begins Herzog's affecting documentary about Mikhail Gorbachev, built chiefly around three conversa…

China has dismissed the possibility of entering into negotiations for a trilateral arms control deal alongside the United States and Russia, highlighting that the former has failed to uphold its international commitments anyway. At a press briefing Monday, C…

Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 15 May 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Paper 2 and 3: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Disaster and disaster management. Global Facility for Disaste…

Topics covered : Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting Indias interests. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty What to study? For Prelims: CTBT- key facts. For Mains: Significance of the treaty and why I…

Sputnik News 17:42 13.05.2019(updated 18:04 13.05.2019) SOCHI (Sputnik) - China has no need to join Russia-US bilateral talks on nuclear disarmament, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a statement. "China is really not interested and has no need to …