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Belarus adopts new military doctrine involving deployment of tactical nuc
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Belarus unveiled a new military doctrine on Friday, which, if approved, would mark the beginning of the nation's nuclear weapons deployment, according to CNN.
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North Korea tests 'underwater nuclear weapons system' amid US drills
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The testing was done in response to joint naval exercises conducted by South Korea, the United States, and Japan.
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Kim Jong-un calls for constitutional change, to define ensure South Korea
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
He emphasised the need to strengthen education programmes to instill in North Koreans "the firm idea that the ROK is their primary foe and invariable principal enemy."
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Russian President Putin signs new decree to boost troop numbers
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an executive order to increase the number of military personnel in the Russian Armed Forces by nearly 170,000.
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Israeli Minister draws fire after remarks to nuke Gaza, suspended by Netan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Israeli government on Sunday drew ire after Minister Amichai Eliyahu suggested that dropping nuclear weapons on Gaza is "one of the options" and no aid should be transferred to Gaza, Times of Israel reported.
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Putin's nod awaited as Russian Council approves bill to revoke Nuclear Tes
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Russian upper house Federation Council unanimously okayed the bill to abandon the significant agreement outlawing nuclear weapons tests on Wednesday.
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Putin indicates Russia could return to nuclear testing
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, suggested that Russia could return to nuclear weapons testing and might withdraw from the nuclear test ban treaty, reported Al Jazeera.
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South Korea “will not stand idly” if North Korea receives Russian help on
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday said his country and its allies “will not stand idly” if North Korea receives Russian help to boost its weapons of mass destruction. This comes just days after the leaders of the two nuclear-armed nations held a closely watched summit, CNN re
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“Russia continues to engage in reckless nuclear rattling": US State Secy B
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
He said, “Russia continues to engage in reckless nuclear rattling, announcing that it's stationing nuclear weapons in Belarus. And continuing to use Europe's biggest nuclear power plant and its employees as a shield for its aggression, risking catastrophic consequences.”
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"Terrorists have no right to hold nuclear weapons": Ukrainian President Ze
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In a scathing attack on Russia amid the continuing military conflict, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday, with reference to the former at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), said "terrorists have no right to hold nuclear weapons".
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'Threat or use of Nuclear-weapons inadmissible': G20 Delhi Declaration on
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The "use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible", G20 nations said Saturday in a New Delhi Leaders' Declaration under the mention of the Ukraine war.
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US reaffirms commitment to Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The US on Monday said it insists on full compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) safeguards and called on all NPT parties to raise standards wherever possible and to condemn violations where they occur.
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