Nukes

President Donald Trump says he's not happy about North Korea's recent military tests. This comes at the same time says the U.S. sent an aircraft carrier group to the Persian Gulf because the Iranians "were threatening." (May 9) AP, AP North Korea executed …

Acting US Secretary of Defence Patrick Shanahan has called North Koreas recent short-range missile tests a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, becoming the latest senior official to contradict comments made by President Donald Trump.  L…

President Donald Trump and National Security Adviser John Bolton.  (Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images) ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates Donald Trumps national security adviser said Wednesday there was no reason for Iran to back out of its nuclear deal wi…

(ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates) — Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Wednesday there was “no reason” for Iran to back out of its nuclear deal with world powers other than to seek atomic weapons, a year after the U.S. president unilaterally withdr…

Retelling the 1986 Chernobyl disaster is an exercise in un-burying the truth. In the wake of the world's worst nuclear power plant accident, which forced the entire city of Pripyat in the former USSR to evacuate after being exposed to toxic levels of radia…

GENEVA (Reuters) - North Koreans are forced to pay bribes to officials to survive in their isolated country, where corruption is “endemic” and repression rife, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday. Officials across North Korea extort money…

Donald Trump has said he is unfazed by North Koreas recent short-range missile tests, putting him publicly at odds with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who is hosting the US president on a state visit. The two leaders disagreed on the issue during a join…

(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea on Monday called U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton a “war monger” and “defective human product” after he called the North’s recent tests of short-range missile a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. The …

TOKYO -- All the pomp and pageantry in the world couldn't paper over the tensions between President Donald Trump and Japan's Shinzo Abe on two of their most pressing issues: North Korea and trade. The president and prime minister tried mightily to minimize t…

(BERLIN) — A senior German diplomat headed Thursday to Tehran to press Iran to continue to respect the landmark nuclear deal, despite the unilateral withdrawal of the U.S. and increasing pressure from Washington. Tensions have soared in the Mideast recently …