The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Weapons

Three MiG-31 jets arrive in the region after two Russian jets are suspected of violating Finland’s airspace

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday rejected Seoul's offer of economic assistance in return for denuclearization steps, calling it the "height of absurdity". The statement follows South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol this week putting forward an "audacious" aid plan that would include food, energy…

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has brought the threat of nuclear war closer and computer simulations have been created over what would happen in the event of nukes being used

More than five billion people would die of hunger following a full-scale conflict, say scientists.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says his government has no plans to pursue its own nuclear deterrent in the face of growing North Korean nuclear threats as he urged the North to return to dialogue aimed at exchanging denuclearization steps for economic benefits

Russia has "no need" to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, its defense minister said on Tuesday, describing media speculation that Moscow might deploy nuclear or chemical weapons in the conflict as "absolute lies". "From a military point of view, there is no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine to…

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday during a speech at the Moscow international security conference that Russia had no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

As escalating tensions among the United States, Russia and China revive old fears of nuclear war, some researchers are warning that even a limited-scale exchange between such nations as India and Pakistan could have catastrophic consequences for global food supplies and trigger mass death worldwide.

A nuclear war between Russia and the US would have devastating global impacts including famine and the deaths of an estimated five billion people according to new research looking into possibilities of this type of conflict