ANALYSTS HERE and abroad generally agreed that North Korea’s second nuclear test last week was aiming at two things – recognition of its nuclear power status by the international community, and ...

VIENNA -- In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, a U.S. government representative defended the stance at a global nuclear ...

President Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would begin testing nuclear weapons again for the first time in decades. “We’ve halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it’s ...

In a particularly heated moment from his first term, Trump taunted North Korea’s Kim Jong Un — whose 2017 underground test is the last known example of explosive nuclear testing — for the relative ...

US President Donald Trump has revealed on social media that he has instructed the Pentagon (now known as the Department of War) to resume nuclear weapons testing in the United States for the first ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it conducted a “higher level” nuclear test explosion on Friday that will allow it to finally build an array of stronger, smaller and lighter nuclear weapons.

India has successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, demonstrating its nuclear prowess in the wake of a recent conflict with nuclear rival Pakistan. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh ...

A subsurface atomic test near Yucca Flats, Nev., in March 1955. (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission via AP) In what would be a major shift in a decades-old American policy against global nuclear ...

(AP) Japan’s prime minister says the world should impose tough new sanctions against North Korea if it goes ahead with plans for a nuclear test. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a television talk show ...

As Iran’s nuclear program advances, the critical question of whether Tehran would need to conduct nuclear tests to ensure its weapons are effective looms over the consciousness of the international ...