Nuclear Weapons

For almost 60 years, the world’s most powerful militaries have agreed not to put nuclear weapons into orbit around Earth. But the Outer Space Treaty (OST), ratified in 1967 by the U.S. and Soviet Union as tensions between the two superpowers were at their peak, has no teeth; it’s effectively…

CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Tuesday compared the capabilities of the most advanced artificial intelligence models to nuclear weapons in a tacit defense of the Trump administration’s recent hard line on controlling the release of the most powerful AI technology. “In conversations with many of the president’s other national security…

Economic sanctions will never be strong enough to denuclearise North Korea. The only realistic path runs through radical political reform. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes weapon tests (Image: AP/Korean Central News Agency) The dust has now settled on the ostentatious summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North…

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has announced plans to arm the country’s navy with nuclear weapons and build a fleet of 10,000-tonne warships, signalling a significant escalation in Pyongyang’s military ambitions. Kim made the declaration on Tuesday at the commissioning ceremony of the Choe Hyon, a 5,000-tonne warship, in the…

An unarmed Minuteman 3 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test May 20, 2026 Credit: U.S. Space Force WASHINGTON — Kelly Hammett, the former head of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, has been named executive director of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. The appointment, announced June 18, comes…

US President Donald Trump said a framework agreement to be signed with Iran this week makes it "loud and clear" that Tehran will not develop or acquire nuclear weapons as the two sides try to move toward ending their war. "The ⁠only thing ‌that really matters to me is Iran…

By Alex Kimani - Jun 15, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT A 60-day U.S.-Iran ceasefire framework reportedly reopens the Strait of Hormuz, but it remains a temporary and contested arrangement rather than a full political settlement. Key elements—especially sanctions relief, frozen Iranian assets, and future oil export normalization—are still unclear, with…

The B-52 is typically operated by a crew of five and is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear weapons. It has a combat range of up to 8,800 miles and has been deployed in multiple conflicts, including Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and recent operations in the Middle East. Trump's Nuclear-Capable…

Armed Conflicts, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Nuclear Disarmament Du Hung Viet (left), President of the Eleventh Review Conference for the NPT 2026, chairs the closing session of the NPT Review…

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Sunday that the United States and Iran have reached a framework agreement to end the war in the Middle East, a breakthrough in months of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict. The deal, described by diplomats as a memorandum of understanding, commits Tehran to forgo the development…