The Kenyan American political scientist argued that the Global South acquiring nuclear weapons would lead to universal nuclear disarmament
Strategic ties to Russia will be worth little if it resorts to the use of nuclear bombs in its war in Ukraine
Today, 29 August, is the International Day against Nuclear Tests, and the world is under increasing threat following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine, per se, is not the issue. It is tragically a war-ravaged pawn in a much larger conflict: the decline of one capitalist empire and the rise of yet another.
This offshoot of Orwell’s Newspeak uses semantic obfuscation to hide state failures and abuses in the inherently ambiguous world of intelligence. Who knows what and how much it has cost South Africa?
The projectile was fired from the northern province of Jagang into waters off the east coast
The international community took a historic step on July 7, when it adopted the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, after a negotiating process that would not have been possible without the leadership of Brazil, South Africa, Austria, Ireland, Mexico and Nigeria. These countries were joined by a great majority of the […]
South Africa’s government scrambled on Tuesday to deal with the fallout of the worst intelligence leak in its two-decade democratic history.
A December 31 deadline to remove part of the Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal for destruction has been missed.
Iran does not want nuclear weapons but if it did, no world power could prevent it from obtaining one, Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Saturday.
President Barack Obama is returning to the threat to US security that he calls the gravest of all: terrorists getting material for a nuclear bomb.
Iran has begun its underground uranium refining at the Fordow site, signalling its decision not to back down despite sanctions from the West.
The US sent its first representative to the annual memorial for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, which killed almost 80 000 people.
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/ 21 November 2010
A US nuclear scientist saw hundreds of centrifuges in North Korea this month, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
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/ 12 November 2010
SA has transformed nuclear weapons into a tool for detecting cancer and heart disease, with a new technology that could ease nuclear arms trafficking
A US academic told the <em>M&G</em> on Tuesday that Pik Botha would not have known about discussions with the Israel regarding nuclear weapons.
Israel never "negotiated the exchange" of nuclear weapons with South Africa, President Shimon Peres said on Monday.
Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime.
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday his country would "definitely continue" its nuclear programme despite Israeli threats.
South Africa is playing a key role in helping the world hold the threat of nuclear terrorism at bay.
US President Barack Obama, who is hosting the 47-nation summit, says nuclear terrorism is the single biggest threat to global security.
Barack Obama heaped praise on South Africa for taking the decision to abandon a nuclear weapons programme as he met President Jacob Zuma on Sunday.
Iran’s president on Wednesday warned US counterpart Barack Obama of a "tooth-breaking" response, as he condemned Washington’s new nuclear policy.
The Obama administration unveiled a new policy on Tuesday restricting US use of nuclear weapons.
United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sealed an agreement on Friday on a landmark nuclear-arms reduction treaty.
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/ 9 February 2010
Iran began making higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday, and the Pentagon said the US wanted a UN Security Council resolution on Iran "within weeks".
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/ 17 February 2009
Israel is involved in a covert war of sabotage to delay Tehran’s efforts to develop a nuclear weapon, the Daily Telegraph said on Tuesday.
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/ 9 February 2009
The US military has been using Britain’s atomic weapons factory to carry out research into its own nuclear warhead programme.
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/ 17 January 2009
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday said the communist state might retain a nuclear capability as long as it feels threatened by the US.
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/ 13 January 2009
South Korean officials will visit North Korea on Thursday to check Pyongyang’s progress in keeping to an international disarmament deal.
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/ 22 November 2008
Iran has hanged an Iranian telecoms salesperson convicted of spying for arch-enemy Israel, a senior official said on Saturday.
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/ 21 November 2008
Japan and South Korea are urging North Korea to formalise a roadmap on ending its nuclear programme.