Guterres warns against nuclear catastrophe risk in message to Nagasaki memorial

Aug 11, 2023, at 08:41 pm

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for countries to recommit to eliminating nuclear weapons in his message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, observed on Wednesday.

UN pushes disarmament talks amid fears that drums of nuclear war are beating again

Aug 07, 2023, at 12:01 am

New York: As United Nations-led talks on nuclear disarmament continued in Geneva, New York and Vienna, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Sunday that “the drums of nuclear war are beating once again”.

CAA may trigger nuclear conflict: Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Dec 18, 2019, at 04:59 pm

Geneva/IBNS: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Tuesday issued a nuclear war threat to India over the last week passed Citizenship (Amendment) Act by the PM Narendra Modi-led government.

Prospect of a nuclear war ‘higher than it has been in generations’, warns UN

Apr 03, 2019, at 09:25 am

New York, Apr 3 (IBNS): In a world defined by “competition over cooperation, and the acquisition of arms, prioritized over the pursuit of diplomacy”, the threat of a nuclear weapon being used is “higher than it has been in generations,” the Security Council heard on Tuesday.

Warning North Korea, US President Donald Trump says his 'nuclear button' is 'much bigger' then Kim Jong-un's

Jan 03, 2018, at 02:04 pm

Washington, Jan 3 (IBNS): Escalating further possibilities of a nuclear war, US President Donald Trump has warned North Korea that he commands a “much bigger” and “more powerful” arsenal of devastating weapons than the Asian nation.

US flies two supersonic bombers over Korean peninsula in show of force against North Korea

Oct 11, 2017, at 09:32 pm

Washington DC, Oct 11 (IBNS): The United States, in a 'show of force' against North Korea, flew two supersonic heavy bombers over the Korean peninsula, according to media reports on Wednesday.