Nuclear Weapons

US House Panel Backs Tougher Iran Measures, But Divisions Persist Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran. (file photo) US lawmakers and experts at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing underscored a rare bipartisan consensus -- preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear…

A nuclear-capable Shaheen III surface-to-surface ballistic missile launches from an undisclosed location in Pakistan in 2015. Photo by Inter Services Public Relations/AFP via Getty Images/File Article content SURREY, B.C. — U.S. authorities have arrested a 67-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., accusing him of smuggling banned goods to Pakistan’s military and…

Iranian ballistic missiles are displayed during the ceremony of joining the Armed Forces, in Tehran, Iran, August 22, 2023. — Reuters Iran may be forced to develop nuclear weapons if it comes under attack by the United States or its allies, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…

People wave flags next to an Iranian missile on display during the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025. (Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS) European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, who visited Israel on Monday, told Israeli media that preventing the Iranian regime from…

Last Updated: March 26, 2025, 13:57 IST US Intel Report: Tulsi Gabbard said, "The IC continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamanei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program." US DNI Tulsi Gabbard (Reuters Image) US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard…

A chemical reaction at the heart of a nuclear weapon can generate an explosion equivalent to megatons of TNT. (Image credit: Digital Vision. via Getty Images) The first nuclear weapon test, code-named " Trinity ," took place in the New Mexico desert at 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945. This…

Russian officials will join representatives from China and Iran in Beijing on Friday to discuss a proposed deal on Tehran’s nuclear weapons programme. The US has sought to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, though US President Donald Trump previously cancelled a 2015 agreement that would have seen Iran scale…

President Trump calls nuclear weapons the "greatest existential threat" humanity faces, but he may be ushering in a world of more nuclear powers and fewer nuclear guardrails.Why it matters: Trump on Sunday reiterated his urgent hope to halt the nuclear spiral in which China, Russia and the U.S...Read More

US President, Donald Trump has warned that “monster” nuclear weapons are the biggest threat to humanity and could easily “end the world” tomorrow. The US commander-in-chief gave the grim warning as he lamented the dangers of stockpiling nukes amid his push to kickstart arms control talks with Russia and China…

Israeli civilians line the road with Israeli flags, balloons and yellow flags as a van carrying bodies of the Bibas family, who were killed in captivity inside the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, passes through Sderot, Israel in February. File photo by Jim Hollander/UPI | License Photo March 9…