Nuclear War

Is the End Near? Nuclear war threat, climate change, and other signs 2022 gave us

The threat of nuclear weapons use has been the greatest since 1945 when the United States destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the planet was on a 'highway to climate hell'. Is an apocalypse in the making?

Central European countries scale up preparedness amid Russian nuclear threats

The war in Ukraine has triggered fears across Europe, and these are especially felt in central European countries like Poland and Romania that border Ukraine and would be highly vulnerable in case of a nuclear disaster

Explained: The main takeaways from Vladimir Putin's mobilisation speech

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech had three clear messages — the threat of nuclear war is credible and serious. Partial mobilisation is a sign of intent to full mobilisation and that the Russian annexation of Donetsk and Luhansk is non-negotiable

Russia, Ukraine trade accusations over Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant attacks

Nuclear experts have warned that more shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which was captured by Russia early in the war, is fraught with danger

Russia says no nuclear intentions for Ukraine

The spokesman said that Russia firmly abides by the principle that there can be no victors in a nuclear war

Ukraine crisis: Russia fuelling nuclear arms race, says Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky also called on Qatar, one of the world's top three producers of natural gas, to increase production because of the conflict

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Vladimir Putin threatens to use nuclear weapons amid NATO warning

France had earlier said that the Russian leader needed to understand that NATO has nuclear weapons too. Russia continues to advance into Ukraine which destroyed its nuclear arsenal in 1994

Post Article 370, Pakistan facing policy crises on Kashmir; creating unrest in Valley to internationalise issue Islamabad's last arrow

Pakistan wants to do something spectacular to pump oxygen into the Kashmir issue that is fast becoming redundant due to fatigue and, also, losing legitimacy, with its sharp turn towards Islamic State-styled caliphate jihadism

Nuclear war between India and Pakistan can kill up to 125 million people, lead to global climate catastrophe: US researchers

The researchers found that the exploding nuclear weapons could release 16 to 36 million tonnes of soot, tiny black carbon particles in smoke

India exercises right to reply at UN after Imran Khan's speech, says Pakistan PM's threat of nuclear war qualifies as 'brinksmanship'

India on Friday said that Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's threat of unleashing nuclear devastation qualifies as 'brinksmanship, not statesmanship'