ISLAMABAD - Former US President Jimmy Carter’s administration covered up an Israeli nuclear test back in 1979, a policy that has continued under the subsequent administrations, Foreign Policy Magazine has revealed. Foreign Policy said that a US panel of experts established by Carter back then ...

WASHINGTON - The United States believes Russia may be conducting low-level nuclear tests, a U.S. intelligence official on Wednesday, while the head of a body monitoring a global nuclear treaty said there was no sign of such violations by Moscow. Negotiated in the 1990s, the Comprehensive Nuclear ...

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has renewed its proposal to India for a bilateral arrangement on a nuclear-test-ban, saying it would go a long way in strengthening the global norm against nuclear testing and promote regional stability. "Peace and stability in South Asia cannot be achieved without ...

UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has highlighted the “inextricable connection” between testing and eliminating nuclear weapons across the world, while marking the annual observance of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests. “Last month I visited Japan and ...

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for stepped up efforts to bring a global treaty into force that prevents more countries from developing nuclear weapons. His appeal came in a message for the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, observed annually on Aug. 29. "The ...

Democratic People's Republic of Korea says its dismantlement of Punggye Ri nuclear test site last week has shown its will to work for a nuclear-free world. North Korean state newspaper, Rodong Sinmun said in a commentary that positive measures taken by DPRK for dismantlement of nuclear test ground ...

*NEW DELHi - *India is capable of conducting a nuclear test at short notice, defence research chief Dr S Christopher has told NDTV. This assertion from one of the country's top scientists comes 20 years after India successfully tested its nuclear capability in Pokhran. Dr Christopher sought to ...

ISLAMABAD: Youm-e-Takbeer is being observed today, to mark the 20th anniversary of Pakistan's historic nuclear tests. It was on this day in 1998 that Pakistan was forced to take that decision as a response and in self-defence to the nuclear tests accompanying hostile posturing by its ...

North Korea followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels at its nuclear test site on Thursday, media reported, as part of steps that have reduced tension on the Korean peninsula and raised the possibility of a summit with the United States. North Korea has conducted all six of its nuclear tests ...

South Korea has hailed North Korea for transparently displaying dismantling of its nuclear test site to the international community. In a meeting with his senior secretaries in Seoul, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said it was an initial act toward complete denuclearization. APP/AFP