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Russia TV names 'US targets'

A Russian state TV news show has named a list of targets in the US it claims Moscow would aim to destroy in the event of a nuclear confrontation.

World News

US and N Korea second summit

The North Korean leader received a good send-off as he boarded a train for the two-journey to Vietnam where he's meeting US President Donald Trump for talks about denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

Belgium

Green MEPs arrested after breaking into Belgian airbase

The activists are calling for the removal of nuclear weapons from Europe.

World

Raw Politics: The US and Russia suspend landmark arms control treaty

The US and Russia have abandoned the 1987 INF treaty that prevented both countries from developing nuclear missiles.

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North Korea

North Korea warns US it may ‘seek new path’ if sanctions not lifted

Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his resolve to rid the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons programmes, but his TV address contained a clear warning to Washington.

Russia

Putin threatens arms race if US exits nuclear treaty

Russia warns of a retaliation if the US exits a cold-war era missile treaty.

Russia

Putin's nuclear war comment sparks morbid stunt

Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russian victims of a foreign nuclear strike would go to heaven as martyrs has sparked a bizarre stunt in an aptly-named Russian city.

Russia

Putin wants to continue treaty talks with Trump in November

Putin wants to continue treaty talks with Trump in November

Russia

US envoy Bolton holds talks with Russia's Lavrov on nuclear treaty

US envoy Bolton holds talks with Russia's Lavrov on nuclear treaty

World

Russia slams US plan to withdraw from nuclear treaty

Supporters say it sends a strong message to Russia. Critics say it tears up a landmark arms control treaty.

Russia

Russia warns of retaliation as Trump says will exit nuclear arms pact

Donald Trump warned he will pull out of a Cold War nuclear weapons treaty with Russia.

World

Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of having secret nuclear facility in address to UN General Assembly

The UN General Assembly got a little show and tell from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday. He made his address to the UN — and he used his time to point the finger directly at Iran.

North Korea

Pompeo: US ready for new North Korea talks as Pyongyang summit ends

The US Secretary of State has invited North Korea’s foreign minister for talks next week and aims to achieve denuclearisation by 2021.

North Korea

North Korea pledges to close down key missile test site

As a next step, North Korea will allow experts from "concerned countries" to watch the its closure

North Korea

North Korea holds military parade without ballistic missiles

No long-range missiles were on display on Sunday as North Korea staged a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of its founding.

USA

China slams Trump over North Korea remarks

China hit back at Donald Trump, calling the US President "irresponsible" for blaming Beijing in holding up denuclearisation progress with North Korea, a day after he cancelled his top diplomat's trip to the hermit kingdom.

Russia

Russia is 'looking for a nuclear-powered missile that went missing'

Russia is launching an operation to recover a nuclear-armed cruise missile that came down in the Barents Sea in 2017, according to CNBC intelligence sources.

Russia

Russian Ministry of Defense unveils new high-tech weaponry

Amidst efforts to strengthen its military security and potential, Russia has released footage of what is claimed to be the world's most technologically-advanced strategic weaponry.

North Korea

US Secretary of State says he's confident North Korea will disarm

But leaked U.S. intelligence findings have concluded that North Korea does not intend to give up its nuclear programme completely.

North Korea

N Korea accuses US of 'bad attitude" in nuclear talks

North Korea has claimed the US has a regrettable attitude in talks over denuclearisation.