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China

Chna slams US nuclear expansion

China has accused the US of a 'Cold War' mentality after Washington's decision to expand its nuclear capability.

USA

How the US plans to make nuclear weapons easier to use

A nuclear review has proposed that the US should broaden the circumstances in which it can launch a nuclear attack and modernise its nuclear arsenal to compete with Russia and China.

World News

Symbolic 'Doomsday Clock' moves 30 seconds closer to midnight

World security situation now "as dangerous as it has been since World War II," says Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

Italy

Pope Francis delivers a hard-hitting address in the Vatican

Pope Francis has called on all nations to support dialogue to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula and to work for a legally-binding ban on nuclear weapons.

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USA

UN chief issues 'red alert'

The secretary general of the United Nations calls for unity in his year-end address

North Korea

North Korea says new UN sanctions an ‘act of war’

Pyongyang threatens to punish countries which supported a UN resolution imposing new economic restrictions.

North Korea

North Korea blames US for ‘nuclear war mania’

Pyongyang slams a US military drill in the region as a provocation that could push the world to the brink of nuclear war.

North Korea

How many missiles, nuclear weapons and submarines does North Korea have?

The North Korean military in numbers

World News

Euroviews. View: Trump is edging us closer to nightmare nuclear scenario

Javier Solana fears that Trump is creating perverse incentives for others to develop nuclear weapons

World News

Which world leaders hold the power to launch a nuclear attack?

Most countries that have access to nuclear weapons put the final decision to launch an attack in the hands of one individual

USA

Should Trump have unchecked nuclear powers?

A Senate committee questions the process for launching a nuclear attack - for the first time in over 40 years.

North Korea

Euroviews. View: There is only one way forward on North Korea

A formal agreement to end the Korean War could pave the way for broader diplomatic talks, writes Carl Bildt

USA

North Korea wrote letter to Australia asking for help against US

Foreign ministry releases copy of document from Supreme People's Assembly

Norway

Nobel Peace Prize 'invests in nuclear weapon companies'

Nuclear campaigners urged to reject prize money.

World

"Nuclear weapons don't make us safe" - ICAN

Beatrice Fihn from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons calls on all nuclear states to disarm.

USA

North Korea EMP attack "could kill 90% of Americans"

Officials in the US hear chilling claims that the rogue nation could be developing a 'doomsday weapon'

USA

White House readies move on Iran deal

Sources tell NBC News President Trump will "decertify" the 2015 nuclear deal, but will likely not scrap it entirely as he had threatened on the campaign trail.

Iran

"10 Donald Trumps" couldn't scrap Iran's nuclear deal says Rouhani

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says "10 Donald Trumps" would not be able to rip up Iran's nuclear deal.

Norway

[Watch again] Anti-nuclear weapons group wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons given prestigious award.

Korea

South Koreans buy survival bags as nuclear threat from North looms

Videos showing what "war bags" contain are growing in popularity in South Korea