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  Iran's Foreign Ministry says its nuclear installations 'badly damaged' by American strikes

  World | June 25, 2025 23:56 IST

  Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, refused to go into detail but conceded the strikes on Sunday by American B-2 bombers using bunker-buster bombs had been significant.

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  Trump warns Iran of fresh US strikes if Tehran attempts to restart its nuclear programme

  World | June 25, 2025 16:02 IST

  Donald Trump said the strikes over the weekend "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities.

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  IAEA confirms craters at Iran's Fordo nuclear site: 'Very significant damage expected'

  World | June 23, 2025 15:36 IST

  While no one, including the IAEA, is in a position to have fully assessed the underground damage at Fordo, Rafael Grossi said it is expected to be very significant.

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  Trump dismisses US intel on Iran’s nuclear plans, considers joining Israeli strikes on Iranian sites

  World | June 18, 2025 7:55 IST

  US President Donald Trump dismissed an intelligence assessment by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that Iran is not building nuclear weapons, saying he "doesn't care" and insisting Iran is "very close" to acquiring a bomb. Gabbard later said she and Trump were aligned in their views.

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  India has more nuclear warheads than Pakistan, says report | Know how many weapons Pak, China have

  World | June 16, 2025 23:53 IST

  The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) pegged the number of nuclear warheads in the Indian arsenal at 180 as of January 2025, compared to 172 a year earlier, while Pakistan is estimated to have 170 nuclear weapons, the same as last year.

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  Iran claims Pakistan will respond with nuclear strike if Israel targets Tehran, Islamabad refutes

  World | June 16, 2025 12:24 IST

  A senior Iranian official has claimed that Pakistan would launch a nuclear strike on Israel if the latter uses nuclear weapons against Tehran — a claim Pakistan has firmly denied. The statement, made by IRGC commander General Mohsen Rezaei, comes amid heightened Israel-Iran tensions.

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  India will not give in to 'nuclear blackmail' from Pakistan, to deal with it bilaterally: Jaishankar

  World | May 24, 2025 7:14 IST

  EAM Dr S Jaishankar said that the German government had conveyed its understanding that every country had the right to defend itself against terrorism.

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  Chahat Fateh Ali Khan's new song from Pakistan sparks meme frenzy, netizens say 'worse than attack'

  Trending | May 16, 2025 13:39 IST

  Chahat Fateh Ali Khan's new song titled Meray Watan Meray Chaman sparks a meme frenzy! Netizens roast Pakistan's latest patriotic song, calling it 'worse than a nuclear attack.' Watch the viral video and reactions.

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  'Nuke not on cards': Pakistan backtracks after calling National Command Authority meeting

  World | May 10, 2025 16:01 IST

  India on Saturday said it has effectively blunted Pakistan's provocative action of employing multiple threats along the western border using drones, long-range weapons, and fighter jets, targeting civilian areas and military infrastructure, as the conflict between the two neighbours widened further.

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  OPINION | Why Pakistan's nuclear threat is hollow

  India | April 29, 2025 15:26 IST

  During the Kargil conflict, the then Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Shamshad Ahmed had once said his country would use any weapon in its arsenal to defend the borders.

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  What is RS-26 Rubezh, with a range of 5,700 kms, and can Russians launch this ICBM?

  World | November 21, 2024 16:51 IST

  A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile that Ukraine says was fired at the city of Dnipro on Thursday was an RS-26 Rubezh, Ukraine's Ukrainska Pravda media outlet reported, citing anonymous sources.

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  Putin's BIG decision on nuclear weapons: 5 scenarios when Russia can use nuke against Ukraine | READ

  World | November 19, 2024 16:16 IST

  The signing of the doctrine, which says that any massive aerial attack on Russia could trigger a nuclear response, reflects Putin’s readiness to threaten the use of the country’s nuclear arsenal to force the West to back down as Moscow presses a slow-moving offensive in Ukraine.

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  Nobel Peace Prize 2024: Why Japan nuclear bombs survivors chosen for eminent award | 10 POINTS

  World | October 11, 2024 16:35 IST

  The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organisation of survivors of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.

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  US urged Russia not to use nuclear, Trump had 'secret' calls with Putin: Woodward's explosive claims

  World | October 09, 2024 7:25 IST

  Biden also reached out to Putin directly in a message, warning of the “catastrophic consequences” if Russia used nuclear weapons, According to Woodward's account.

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  'Russia could reduce decision time for use of nuclear weapons if...': Defence committee chairman

  World | June 24, 2024 14:26 IST

  On Sunday, Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the Russian lower house of parliament's defence committee, stated to state news agency RIA that the decision-making timeframe for using such weapons could be altered if threats escalate.

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  Russia to hold nuclear weapon drills in response to 'provocative statements' by Western officials

  World | May 06, 2024 15:25 IST

  Russia's tactical nuclear weapon drills are a response to statements from the West about sending troops to Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday.

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  'Putin didn't threaten to use nuclear weapons, US took his statement out of context': Kremlin

  World | March 14, 2024 17:28 IST

  Commenting on Putin's words, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Washington understood that the Russian leader was restating Moscow's nuclear doctrine, but accused Russia of deploying "reckless and irresponsible" nuclear rhetoric throughout the Ukraine conflict.

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  'India's PM Narendra Modi, China's Xi Jinping helped avert nuclear crisis in Ukraine in 2022: Report

  World | March 11, 2024 12:05 IST

  Regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India has always condemned civilian killings and called for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. In a major statement, PM Modi told President Putin that "this is not the era of war".

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  Pakistan claims Chinese ship which India seized was carrying 'commercial goods', not nuclear weapons

  World | March 03, 2024 13:33 IST

  Pakistan Foreign Office claimed that the intended recipient of the seized machinery was identified as Cosmos Engineering, a Karachi-based firm that manufactures automobile parts and home appliances.

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  North Korea's Kim Jong Un orders his forces to accelerate war preparations as tensions escalate

  World | December 28, 2023 9:40 IST

  Speaking on the policy directions for the new year at a key meeting of the country's ruling party on Wednesday, Kim also said Pyongyang would expand strategic cooperation with "anti-imperialist independent" countries.