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North Korea releases video of missile test

Pyongyang ramps up the rhetoric with Seoul in the South

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US doubts North Korean H-bomb claims

The UN plans to introduce a series of new measures against North Korea after the county’s state run news agency announced that Pyongyang had

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North Korea's defiant steps toward nuclear weaponry

When Kim Jong Un’s father Kim Jong Il died in 2011, his dynastic inheritance of the presidential role came backed by North Korea’s atomic weapons

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North Korea claims big nuclear breakthrough with H-bomb test

North Korea says it has successfully conducted its first test of a hydrogen bomb. The test, the fourth time the isolated state has exploded a nuclear

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South Korea

UN Security Council to meet after North Korea claims H-bomb test

A chorus of international condemnation has followed North Korea’s claim to have successfully conducted its first H-bomb test. Chairing a National

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Japan pledges firm response after North Korea H-bomb test claim

Addressing Japan’s parliament, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has condemned North Korea’s reported test of a hydrogen bomb as a threat to his country’s

World News

North Korea claims hydrogen bomb test

North Korea claims to have carried out its first successful test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device. The announcement on North Korean state

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US Cold War nuclear target list released

Document shows how US Air Force proposed to drop atomic weapons on densly populated areas and target civilians in big cities.

Iran

UN nuclear watchdog ends probe into Iran's weapons programme

The UN nuclear watchdog, has ended its 12-year investigation into whether Iran once had a secret nuclear weapons programme. It’s a symbolic victory

World News

UN nuclear watchdog ends investigation into Iran's past nuclear weapons programme

Iran welcomed on Tuesday a decision by the International Atomic Energy Agency to end an investigation into Tehran’s past nuclear activities, the

North Korea

North Korea develops hydrogen bomb, claims Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has claimed his country has developed a thermonuclear bomb — one step up from the less-powerful atomic bomb. But many

Iran

Iran shows deep bunker missiles -- 'deterrence measures'

Keeping key weapons in a place hard for an enemy to get to them, Iran seeks to ensure the potency of its strike potential. In the latest image

Moldova

FBI foils 'plot' to sell nuclear material to ISIL

The FBI has reportedly foiled several plots to sell nuclear material to extremists in the Middle East over the last five years. An investigation by

Korea

North Korea restarts nuclear fuel reactor

Russia

The world's biggest bomb, recreated

Japan

Nagasaki: marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb

A bell tolled and there was a minute’s silence to mark the moment 70 years ago when the Japanese city of Nagasaki was obliterated by an atomic bomb

Japan

Hundreds rally against security bills as Nagasaki marks bomb anniversary

As Nagasaki marks the 70th anniversary of its atomic bombing, hundreds have attended a rally to protest planned security bills, which they say could

Japan

Japan holds ceremony to mark 70 years since devastating Nagasaki atomic bomb

Japan has marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb that devastated the city of Nagasaki with a ceremony attended by Japanese dignitaries

Japan

Hiroshima holds 70th memorial of atomic tragedy

Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park has seen the entire Japanese political class and friends from abroad turn out for a memorial service for the city

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Hiroshima remembered in Japan