Nuclear Weapon
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North Korea says ‘a nuclear war may break out any moment’
World | Oct 17, 2017, 07:12 AM ISTKim In Ryong told the UNGA’s disarmament committee that North Korea is the only country in the world that has been subjected to “such an extreme and direct nuclear threat” from the United States since 1970s.
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India rules out joining NPT as non-nuclear weapon state
World | Oct 13, 2017, 04:35 PM ISTIndia said that it remains committed to a unilateral voluntary moratorium on nuclear explosive testing.
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Pakistan building nuclear weapons storage unit deep in the mountains
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Nuclear-armed North Korea profits from US, EU seafood sales
World | Oct 05, 2017, 10:39 PM ISTAmerican companies are not allowed to import products made by North Korean workers anywhere in the world, under a law signed by President Donald Trump in early August.
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US bombers fly off North Korean coast, Pyongyang says rockets to US ‘inevitable’
World | Sep 24, 2017, 08:06 AM ISTIntensifying the rhetoric between the two nations, North Korea said on Saturday that firing its rockets at the US mainland was “inevitable” after US President Donald Trump called Kim Jong-un a “rocket man”
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UN chief condemns 'profoundly destabilising' NKorea nuke test
World | Sep 04, 2017, 10:37 AM ISTUN said the act was yet another serious breach of the DPRK's international obligations undermining international non-proliferation and disarmament efforts
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India diverting nuclear material to make weapons, claims Pakistan
World | May 19, 2017, 03:27 PM ISTA major nuclear weapons power itself, Pakistan has been desperate to expand its nuclear arsenal to portray that it is more powerful than its enemy and neighbour India.
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Conventional conflict between Indo-Pak can escalate to nuclear use: US
World | Jun 01, 2016, 11:30 AM ISTWashington: The United States has expressed serious concern over the conventional conflict between India and Pakistan saying it can escalate to include nuclear use.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon says end 'madness' of nuclear weapon testing
World | Apr 27, 2016, 09:57 PM ISTUN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for the US, China and other nuclear-armed states to end the "madness" of atomic testing
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Terrorists will use nuclear weapon if they get it: Barack Obama
World | Apr 02, 2016, 04:12 PM ISTWashington: Terrorist organisations like al Qaeda and ISIS will use nuclear weapons if they ever get hold of it, US President Barack Obama warned today a day after he hosted leaders from over 50 countries
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India's nuclear arsenal at around 75-125 weapons: US think tank
World | Nov 03, 2015, 01:00 PM ISTWashington: Suggesting that India has a sizeable nuclear weapons effort, a US think tank estimated India's nuclear arsenal at around 75-125 weapons made from weapon-grade plutonium and perhaps some thermonuclear weapons."India has a substantial stock
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Nuclear armed Islamic State? Smugglers seek ISIS extremists
World | Oct 08, 2015, 12:06 AM ISTChisinau (Moldova): Over the pulsating beat at an exclusive nightclub, the arms smuggler made his pitch to a client: 2.5 million euros for enough radioactive cesium to contaminate several city blocks.It was earlier this year,
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Avoid n-weapon talk, Daily tells Pakistani minister
World | Sep 02, 2015, 01:04 PM ISTIslamabad: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has every right to be outraged by the Indian aggression, said a leading Pakistani daily which, however, warned that "his allusions to the possible use of nuclear weapons time and again,
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Pak's nuclear programme prone to security risks: Report
World | Mar 21, 2015, 11:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: A US report on Pakistan's tactical nuclear programme has questioned the country's ability to secure warheads even in peacetime.The report titled 'Pakistan's Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Operational Myths and Realities' said that the introduction
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Nuclear Weapon Drivers Found Drunk, Says Report
World | Nov 22, 2010, 10:01 PM ISTWASHINGTON – The U.S. Energy Department's watchdog says government agents hired to drive nuclear weapons and components in trucks sometimes got drunk on the job, including an incident last year when two agents were detained