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North Korea vows to strengthen nuclear capabilities, rejecting G7 call for denuclearization

Monday, March 17

(LONDON) -- North Korea on Monday vowed to "steadily update and strengthen" its nuclear capabilities, a firm rejection of the G7's call for Pyongyang to "abandon" its nuclear ambitions.The country's Foreign Ministry said that its "nuclear armed forces will exist forever as a powerful...

Trump says he sent a letter to Iran urging negotiations on nuclear weapons

Friday, March 7

(WASHINGTON) -- President interview with...

Supreme Court takes on dispute over nuclear waste storage sites

Wednesday, March 5

(WASHINGTON) -- Like a radioactive hot potato, a solution to America's growing stockpile of nuclear waste keeps getting passed around.The issue lands before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a dispute from Texas over the federal government's authority to allow temporary storage of spent...

China nearly triples nuclear arsenal since 2020, Pentagon report says

Wednesday, December 18

(WASHINGTON) -- China has nearly tripled its nuclear warhead arsenal since 2020, according to the Pentagon's latest China military power report released Wednesday."DOD estimates the PRC has surpassed 600 operational nuclear warheads as of mid-2024," a senior U.S. defense official told...

Russia claims it shot down US-made ATACMS missiles and issues nuclear threat

Tuesday, November 19

(LONDON) -- The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it defeated a Ukrainian ATACMS attack in the western Bryansk region, shortly before the Kremlin updated its nuclear weapons doctrine to allow for nuclear strikes in response to foreign ballistic missile attacks.

Russia says Ukraines use of Western rockets could prompt nuclear response

Tuesday, November 19

(LONDON) -- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists that new changes to Russia's nuclear weapons doctrine signed by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday mean "the use of Western non-nuclear rockets by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against Russia can prompt a nuclear response."Peskov's remarks...