Nuclear Weapons

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North’s defenses and eventually collapse his government, state media said Friday. Kim made the comments during…

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. ― KCNA via Reuters Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel and browser alerts for the latest news…

This article was originally featured on Task & Purpose. From car keys to glasses to rifles, everyone misplaces something important from time to time. But when you’re the U.S. government, sometimes that important thing is a superweapon that is designed to destroy cities and kill millions of people. Over the decades,…

UNITED NATIONS — Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament which criticized its military takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear plant soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, an act that has raised fears of a…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government is planning to review the environmental effects of operations at one of the nation’s prominent nuclear weapons laboratories, but its notice issued Friday leaves out federal goals to ramp up production of plutonium cores used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal. The National Nuclear…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comAug 18 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Moscow would only use its nuclear arsenal in "emergency circumstances" and that it has no interest in a direct confrontation with NATO and the United States. Russia's defence minister had said on…

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An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski called the explosion at a Russian ammunition depot in occupied Crimea the beginning of a series of attacks, while Russia attributed it to an act of sabotage. Neither side clarified what caused the blast.  President Vladimir Putin’s defence chief said Russia had no…

Trump under investigation for potential Espionage Act violationsHugo Lowell The Guardian’s Hugo Lowell has the latest about the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago, and the federal laws investigators believe Donald Trump may have broken: Donald Trump is under criminal investigation for potential violations of the Espionage Act and additional statutes…