Nukes

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran’s president on Wednesday threatened to reduce his country’s implementation of its nuclear commitments under its landmark 2015 deal with major powers. That deal, signed by the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany,…

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Mike Pompeo, right, cancelled a planned visit to Germany in order to go to Baghdad US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made an unscheduled, fleeting visit to Iraq, amid growing tensions with Iran. Mr Pompeo cancelled a tr…

Artist's concept of a catastrophic asteroid impact with the Earth.  (Photo: Don Davis, NASA) In a NASA simulation of a fictional scenario, New York City was hit with an asteroid packing 1,000 times the destruction of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima.  …

The South Korean military is reporting that North Korea is once again test-firing missiles after almost a year and a half without any testing. North Korea test fired multiple unidentified short-range missiles Saturday morning local time, the South Korean J…

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than an hour on Friday, discussing the possibility of a new nuclear accord, North Korean denuclearization, Ukraine and the political situa…

(Adds details) By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than an hour on Friday, discussing the possibility of a new nuclear accord, North Korean denuclearization, Ukraine…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States signed a document agreeing to pay North Korea for the care of American Otto Warmbier but never paid the $2 million Pyongyang demanded, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. Bolton, who sai…

Also, the gap between Trumps fantasies and the facts. Pyongyang is growing bolder in its sanctions evasion in part because many countries and their banks, insurers and commodities traders have long failed to properly enforce the measures, The Washington Post…

2 with 2 posters participating SEVERODVINSK, RUSSIA - APRIL 23, 2019: The Belgorod nuclear-powered submarine (Special Project 09852), during the launching ceremony, that carries Poseidon strategic underwater drones. (Photo by Oleg Kuleshov/TASS via Getty Ima…

ZHUHAI, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has elevated his country’s missile forces to a level where they pose an unprecedented challenge to the aircraft carriers and bases that form the backbone of American military primacy in Asia, a Reuters sp…