Nuclear Disarmament

A group of people protest against the Trump administration and demand immediate diplomatic talks with North Korea to prevent nuclear war on August 9, 2017. (Reuters / Eduardo Munoz) Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest iss…

Visitors walk past China's second nuclear missile on display as they visit the Military Museum in Beijing / Getty BY: Aaron KliegmanFollow @Aaron_KliegmanMay 12, 2019 5:00 am When it comes to nuclear arms control, China is great at playing hard to get. Bei…

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President Donald Trump said he was not happy about North Korea's recent military tests. Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday that ``we're looking'' at the situation ``very seriously right now.''He said the weapons were smaller, short-range miss…

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency New York, May 9, IRNA -- Nuclear weapons are the biggest threat to humanity and international security, said an Iranian diplomat in the United Nations, adding the only way to get rid of the danger is to fully annihilate th…

By Joyce Lee and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - The leader of North Korea ordered its military to boost its strike capability as he directed another missile firing, state media said on Friday, as tensions grew over tests that appeared to show preparations for …

WASHINGTON Valerie Plame hasn’t lived in Washington, D.C. since 2006, after a George W. Bush administration official blew her cover as a covert CIA officer in retaliation for her husband’s criticism of the motives behind the Iraq War. But she’s ready to be b…

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, in its second weapons test in less than a week, South Koreas military said.  One missile travelled 260 miles and the other 170 miles in an easterly direction after being launched from a site n…

The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California in the second such test this month. (May 9) AP VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE A flare lit up the sky early Thursday as the Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinent…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korean officials said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in dang…