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BORIS Johnson has said a newly-commissioned nuclear submarine is a “guarantor of peace” rather than a “weapon of war”.

The whole world has much to thank Mikhail Gorbachev for. As many have pointed out since his death in Moscow earlier this week, Gorbachev – the last leader of the Soviet Union – did more than anyone to bring the Cold War to an end peacefully, reducing the threat that…

As 191 countries approach the end to a four-week conference to review the landmark U.N. treaty aimed at curbing the spread of nuclear weapons, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and rivalries between the West and China were posing key obstacles to agreement on…

Israel’s ex-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed US President Joe Biden administration’s attempts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. He warned that Iran is developing nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US territory. In an interview with Al-Arabiya Channel on Wednesday, Netanyahu said he is…

The world can still step back from the abyss. The nuclear weapon states – the US, Russia, China, France and the UK – must lead the way

The Tory frontrunner told a hustings event in Birmingham that ordering the use of nuclear weapons is an "important part of being Prime Minister"

As the United Nations hosts the latest talks on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Carolina Panico writes that language of ‘nuclear politics’ needs a reality check.

While Washington and Seoul describe their exercises as defensive, North Korea portrays them as invasion rehearsals and has used them to justify its nuclear weapons and missiles development.

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