Nuclear Weapons

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration will begin furloughing workers at the agency managing the US nuclear weapons arsenal next week due to the government shutdown.Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced the furloughs in a social media post on Friday.Wright stated that the furloughs will affect National Nuclear Security Administration workers critical to…

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NEW YORK, USA — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly that his country has never sought to build a nuclear bomb, while condemning recent United States military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. “The bedrock of all divine religions…

September 24, 2025 Will aquifers become the United States’ strategic reserves, alongside oil reserves and the nuclear weapons we keep in “reserve” to protect our wealth? The water level at Lake Mendocino continues to drop, hitting a record low of 29 percent capacity in June 2021.(George Rose / Getty Images)…

The potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth when it flies by in 2032, but there's a small chance it will collide with our moon. A new study looks into the options for deflecting, or destroying it. (Image credit: Erik Simonsen via Getty Images) Scientists are considering…

Russian President Putin on Monday proposed a one-year extension of the New START treaty — the last remaining arms control agreement between the US and Russia — as both sides remain at odds over geopolitical issues, including the ongoing war in Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed a…

SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said there is no reason to avoid dialogue with the US if Washington stops insisting his country give up nuclear weapons but he will never trade away the nuclear arsenal to be free of sanctions, state media reported on Monday (Sept 22). In…

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has said that Russia-Belarus ‘Zapad’ military drills involved practising the launch of Vladimir Putin’s nuclear weapons deployed in his country. Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday. State…

Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday. State media quoted the Belarusian chief of staff as saying that the exercises also featured Russia's Oreshnik hypersonic missile, which it test-fired last year in…

Peace vigil outside of the White House is targeted to be 'dismantled' An anti-nuclear weapons peace vigil has lived outside of the White House fence for more than 40 years. President Donald Trump ordered the vigil to be "dismantled" this week. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: If you've walked in front of…