Nukes

In addition to killing as many as 125 million people, a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan would unleash mass starvation around the world due to the ensuing climate impacts, according to a disturbing new study. As if we need to be reminded of the ho…

North Korea's recent test of a suspected submarine-launched missile 'pushes the envelope'

PARIS (Reuters) - Reports of new North Korean ballistic missile launches are “extremely worrying”, France’s Foreign Affairs ministry said on Wednesday. “Such an act cannot contribute to serious negotiations,” a spokeswoman for the ministry added after North…

The al-Hawl Camp close to the Syria-Iraq border is no ordinary refugee camp. It is the remnants of what still remains of the Islamic State. It holds 72,000 people, most of whom are still supporters of the former terrorist group. Thousands of their tents spre…

The U.S. military launched an unarmed nuclear-capable missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 4:13 am ET/1:13am PT this morning, right on the heels of North Koreas latest missile test overnight. U.S.-based missile tests are scheduled months, if not years, i…

By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired what may be a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on Wednesday, which would be the first test in three years of what had been a relatively young but rapidly progressing program to deliver nuclear weapon…

ROME (Reuters) - The United States called on Pyongyang on Wednesday to “refrain from provocations” and remain committed to nuclear negotiations after North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast. “We call on (North Korea) to refrain from provoca…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the sea on Wednesday, South Koreas military said, a suggestion that it may have tested an underwater-launched missile for the first time in three years ahead of a resumption of nuclear talks w…

North Korea on Wednesday fired at least one projectile toward its eastern sea, South Korea’s military said, in an apparent display of its expanding military capabilities ahead of planned nuclear negotiations with the United States this weekend. South Korea’s…

By Joyce Lee and Chang-Ran Kim SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea fired what may have been a submarine-launched ballistic missile from off its east coast on Wednesday, a day after it announced the resumption of talks with the United States on ending its nuc…