BEIJING—North Korea on Thursday threatened to carry out a fresh nuclear test in response to a U.N. committee’s condemnation of Pyongyang’s alleged human rights abuses. In a statement Thursday, the North’s foreign ministry said Pyongyang will be “unable to refrain any longer” from conducting a fourth nuclear test after the United Nations moved to bring […]
Iran is heading into a new round of nuclear negotiations with the United States and Europe on Tuesday with new-found confidence from President Hassan Rouhani that a settlement “can be achieved” by next month. Rouhani said in a televised address late Monday that “the world is tired” and wants a resolution to the diplomatic stand-off […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. forces are conducting large-scale nuclear “deter and detect” drills this week, just days after Russia conducted similar military exercises simulating retaliatory strikes to a hypothetical U.S. or NATO nuclear attack. Their timing— during the tense standoff over Ukraine —combined with Cold-War-era rhetoric coming out of Moscow, have raised fears of a new nuclear arms race between […]
The United States warns of another nuclear test is soon coming from North Korea, the U.S. says that its military satellites have identified “imminent signs” that that country is readying the Punggye-ri proving grounds. This new development comes even as the Kyoto News Agency in Japan reports on leaked documents from a military source in China […]