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AN independent Scotland would follow in the footsteps of Sweden by joining Nato while rejecting being a permanent site for nuclear weapons, the SNP…

The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing the discovery of classified documents found in an office no longer used by President Joe Biden at a think tank in Washington, D.C.

North Korea began 2023 as it had ended 2022 – with some characteristic sabre-rattling in the form of missile tests. Having launched more missiles in 2022 than in any other year, on the morning of January 1 this year, North Korea tested a large new multiple launch rocket system that,…

Washington (AFP) - Washington and Seoul are planning an "effective coordinated" response if North Korea uses nuclear weapons, the White House warned on Tuesday.

South Korea reconfirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in US nuclear asset management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats, after President Joe Biden denied that the allies were discussing joint nuclear exercises. The purported difference came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un…

South Korea has reconfirmed that Seoul and Washington are discussing discussing South Korea being involved in U.S. nuclear asset management to cope with intensifying North Korean nuclear threats

The U.S. is in discussions with South Korea on ways to deter Kim Jong Un’s regime from using nuclear weapons, according to a spokesperson for the National Security Council.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his government is in talks with the U.S. on taking a more active role in managing nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, which would mark a significant shift in a decades-old policy among American allies to deter North Korea.

Some experts say Kim Jong Un's push to make more nukes and new weapons systems reflects his hopes to solidify future negotiating power as he heads into prolonged tensions with the U.S. and its allies.

Announcement came after he entered 2023 with another weapons firing following a record number of testing activities last year

Kim Jong Un has called for an "exponential" increase in North Korea's nuclear arsenal, including mass producing tactical nuclear weapons and developing new missiles for nuclear counterstrikes, state media said Sunday. In a report at the end of a key party meeting in Pyongyang, Kim said the country must "overwhelmingly…