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Japan marks 70th anniversary of Hiroshima bomb with call for nuclear disarmament

In Japan residents and dignitaries in Hiroshima have been marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb in 1945 that resulted in around 140 000

Japan

Hiroshima 70 years on: Survivors remember horror of nuclear bomb

Thursday marks 70 years since the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It killed around 140,000 people in the Japanese city by the end of 1945. The only

Japan

Hiroshima, Nagasaki survivors 70 years later

August 1945. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese towns. One on Hiroshima on August 6th; another fell on Nagasaki three days later

Iran

Iran parliament sets up committee to review nuclear deal

The decision comes after Foreign Minister Javad Zarif presented the agreement to MPs, seeking to calm opposition from hardliners who consider it counter to national interests.

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USA

US: Iran nuclear deal leaves military option open

The US Defence Secretary Ash Carter arriving in Israel. has arrived in Israel on the first stop in a Middle East trip aimed at reassuring allies in

USA

The development of the world's nuclear arms: why, when - and who?

On the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb test, a brief history of nuclear weapons and a look at which countries have them today. Nuclear arms

Japan

Hiroshima and Nagasaki horrors recalled, undiminished

The dropping of atom bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago is given new focus in a special exhibition at American

Iran

Iran nuclear deal: an overview of global reactions

Iran

Israel angry as Iran and West talk up nuclear deal

Iran and the Western powers in Vienna are making increasingly positive noises about a nuclear deal becoming a reality. An Iranian diplomat said on

Austria

Iran nuclear talks: 'hope' for resolution, despite mixed signals from Tehran

Hope has returned for a resolution to the Iran nuclear talks, diplomats say, despite mixed messages from Tehran.

USA

Obama determined on Iran deal that will last

If President Obama announces a nuclear containment deal with Iran this week, an army of critics led by Republican hawks in the US Congress would

Iran

Iran nuclear talks continue as latest deadline passes

Bridging gaps at the Iran nuclear talks has proved so difficult that yet again a deadline has been missed. Tuesday was supposed to mark the end of

Iran

Iran talks could get new deadline extension says Washington

With the deadline for a nuclear deal less than a day away, Iran is pushing for an arms embargo on the country to be lifted. The demand from Tehran

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'Atomic detectives' scientists that keep us safe from radioactive criminality

Futuris reporter Denis Loctier looks at the work of the ‘atomic detectives,’ scientists that keep us safe from the risk of radioactive criminality

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Do you know: what is a dirty bomb?

Iran

West increases pressure on Iran in nuclear talks

Time is running out on closing a deal with Iran over curbing its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief. The deadline is Tuesday and six

Culture news

A-bomb exhibition: Hiroshima-Nagasaki, 70 years on

It is a story of devastation. An event that woke the world to the awful power of the atomic bomb. Hiroshima and Nagasaki entered the world’s

Russia

Putin says Russia is to beef up its nuclear arsenal

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow is boosting its nuclear arsenal. It comes after Kremlin officials denounced a US plan to

United Kingdom

Whistleblower labels UK's nuclear subs a "disaster waiting to happen"

A Royal Navy sailor who served on one of the UK’s nuclear-armed submarines has leaked a catalogue of safety concerns that he claims leaves the

North Korea

'More powerful than a nuke': Kim Jong-un refreshed after 'climbing highest peak'

North Korean media claims leader Kim Jong-un has climbed Paektu Mountain, the secretive state's highest peak.