Nukes

Chernobyl, the five-part HBO/Sky dramatization of the 1986 nuclear disaster, is filled with more dread, tension and horror than any Hollywood movie I’ve seen in years. The most unsettling part of it is knowing that it adheres closely to the truth, right down …

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DUBAI (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official said on Saturday the United States had shown flexibility on the licensing of Iranian oil sales and this was a sign that Washington's "maximum pressure" policy against Tehran had been defeated, state media reported. …

(Adds quotes, details) DUBAI, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Iran showed off an undamaged satellite on Saturday, days after a rocket exploded on its launchpad in the third failed launch of the year, which U.S. President Donald Trump had tweeted about hours earlier. The…

President Donald Trump on Friday mused about the possibility of his infamous Twitter account being hacked, but dismissed the scenario and said it "shouldn't be too bad" if it happened. The topic came up shortly after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was h…

Turkey said on Friday that an Iranian oil tanker at the center of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran was headed to Lebanon’s waters, but the United States later said the ship was sailing to Syria. According to Refinitiv tracking data, the Adrian D…

A mysterious, deadly nuclear blast in Russias far north earlier this month occurred during a rescue mission to retrieve a lost missile from the ocean floor, a new U.S. intelligence assessment has reportedly concluded. An explosion on a recovery ship caused…

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's prime minister said Friday he has warned the international community that India could launch an attack on Pakistani-held Kashmir in an effort to divert attention from human rights abuses in the portion of the disputed Himalayan region …

Nuclear radiation was detected in northwestern Russia after an explosion earlier this month.Credit: Sputnik/SPL Rumours continue to swirl about a blast at a Russian naval base on 8 August, which killed five scientists and caused a short, unexplained spike in…

Many of us don’t think too much about radiation levels in our area, until a nuclear disaster hits and questions are raised. Radiation monitoring is an important undertaking, both from a public health perspective and as a way to monitor things like weapon deve…