The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) remains the cornerstone of global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1970, the NPT’s objectives are threefold: ...

A sort of tug of war has been going on between the United States and Iran as the two countries negotiate to end their ongoing conflict in West Asia. And at the centre stage is a term that US President ...

Washington — President Trump ordered military strikes on Iran early Saturday, Feb. 28, after pressing the country to curtail its nuclear program, grappling with an issue that has vexed presidents from ...

To date, US nuclear doctrine has worked; no one has launched a nuclear attack on the United States, or anyone else, since the end of World War II. Nuclear war is one of the world’s most pressing ...

Feb 4 (Reuters) - The last Russia-U.S. nuclear arms control treaty, known as New START, is expiring. New START was signed in 2010 by U.S. President Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Just days before the February 28 U.S. strikes on Iran, Iranian ...

Nuclear energy is often regarded as the cleanest power source on Earth. Unlike coal or gas, nuclear power plants don't release smoke and other contaminants into the air. They produce massive amounts ...

The Cold War-era nuclear order—in which the United States and the Soviet Union held sway, establishing treaties that set the nuclear rules for the whole world—has clearly and irreversibly come to an ...

First of all, it isn’t dust. It’s Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium, which is stored in large canisters about the size of scuba tanks. First of all, it isn’t dust. It’s Iran’s stockpile of ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has successfully produced its first purified enriched uranium "button" through a process called electrorefining, as part of what officials called ...

FILE - In this Sept. 2007 file picture an anti-aircraft gun position is seen at Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran. Iran has put finishing touches for the installation of thousands of ...