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  'Nuclear programme not for aggression': Shehbaz Sharif on use of nukes during India-Pak conflict

  World | July 13, 2025 7:01 IST

  India launched Operation Sindoor targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.

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  US cyber forces launch strike against Iranian military computer systems

  World | June 23, 2019 22:53 IST

  The cyber attacks — a contingency plan developed over weeks amid escalating tensions — disabled Iranian computer systems that controlled its rocket and missile launchers, the officials said. Two of the officials said the attacks, which specifically targeted Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps computer system, were provided as options after Iranian forces blew up two oil tankers earlier this month.

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  Kim Jong Un ready to discuss nukes: North Korea tells US

  World | April 09, 2018 6:34 IST

  The Trump administration has long said that if the North Koreans weren’t ready to discuss giving up their nuclear program, there was no reason for the two countries to hold negotiations.

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  Shinzo Abe India visit: India, Japan slam North Korea's nuclear programme

  World | September 14, 2017 20:19 IST

  India and Japan on Thursday condemned "in the strongest terms" North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes

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  US will act alone on North Korea if China doesn’t help: Donald Trump

  World | April 03, 2017 6:50 IST

  President Donald Trump says that the United States is prepared to act alone if China does not take a tougher stand against North Korea's nuclear program.

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  Pakistan can target Delhi from Kahuta in five minutes: Abdul Qadir Khan

  World | May 29, 2016 13:44 IST

  Islamabad:The father of Pakistan's nuclear programme Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan on Saturday said that the country could have become a nuclear power as early as 1984 but the then President General Zia ul Haq "opposed

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  Barack Obama signs new sanctions against North Korea over nuclear program

  World | February 19, 2016 7:57 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama slapped North Korea with more stringent sanctions Thursday for defying the world and pushing forward with its nuclear weapons program, weeks after it launched a satellite-carrying rocket into space and conducted

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  US, EU lift sanctions against Iran amid landmark nuke deal

  World | January 17, 2016 20:04 IST

  Vienna: The U.N. nuclear agency certified Saturday that Iran has met all of its commitments under last summer's landmark nuclear deal, crowning years of U.S.-led efforts to crimp Iran's ability to make atomic weapons.For Iran,

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  Iran says it wants 'win-win' in nuclear talks

  World | July 02, 2012 22:44 IST

  Iran, Jul 2: Iran wants a “win-win” outcome in its talks with world powers over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, the country's foreign minister said Monday, warning that the only other choice is confrontation.Three rounds of