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  North is preparing for 5th nuclear test: Seoul

  World | April 18, 2016 14:08 IST

  Seoul (South Korea): South Korea's President said Monday that there are signs that North Korea is preparing for a fifth nuclear bomb test amid reports of increased activity at the country's main nuclear test site.

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  China, Japan reaffirms its commitment to North Korea sanctions

  World | March 15, 2016 20:13 IST

  China, Japan reaffirms its commitment to North Korea sanctions

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  UN approves toughest sanctions on North Korea in 20 years

  World | March 02, 2016 21:54 IST

  United Nations: The UN Security Council unanimously approved the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades today, reflecting growing anger at Pyongyang's latest nuclear test and rocket launch in defiance of a ban on

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  US calls proposed sanctions on North Korea a 'major upgrade'

  World | February 26, 2016 10:46 IST

  United Nations: The United States on Thursday introduced a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that it said will significantly increase pressure on North Korea in response to its latest nuclear test and rocket launch.Ambassador Samantha

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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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  Israel built, exploded 'dirty bomb' in nuclear test: Report

  World | June 09, 2015 7:32 IST

  Jerusalem: Israel built and exploded so-called "dirty bombs," explosives laced with nuclear material, to examine how such explosions would affect the country if it were to be attacked by the crude radioactive weapons, the Haaretz

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  Know more about the India's major nuclear test- Pokhran II

  India | June 10, 2014 7:14 IST

  New Delhi: India became sixth country to have tested nuclear bombs and joined the elite nuclear club in 1998 as On 11 May 1998, 24 years after the first operation, the Atomic Energy Commission of

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  Images suggest North Korea ready for nuke test

  World | January 26, 2013 17:20 IST

  Washington, Jan 26: North Korea could be almost ready to carry out its threat to conduct a nuclear test, a US research institute said, pointing to recent satellite photos. The images of the Punggye-ri site

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  North Korea threatens nuclear test

  World | January 24, 2013 20:50 IST

  Pyongyang, Jan 24: Two days after a UN resolution condemned North Korea's recent rocket launch, Pyongyang declared it was proceeding with plans for a third nuclear test.North Korea has already conducted two nuclear tests; one

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  No nuclear test planned at present, says North Korea

  World | June 09, 2012 20:51 IST

  North Korea, Jun 9: North Korea says it has no current plans to conduct a nuclear test despite what it calls South Korean provocation.The statement Saturday from an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman comes amid worry

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  Nuclear Device Lost In Himalayas

  India | April 06, 2012 23:02 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 6: In 1965, a CIA team lost a four pound plutonium-powered device at Nanda Devi peak which it was trying to install to spy on China's nuclear tests.  That expedition retreated in

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