Nuclear Threat

A top Russian security official warned on Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war and blasted a German minister for threatening Russian President Vladimir Putin with arrest, saying that such action would amount to a declaration of war and trigger a Russian strike on Germany. Dmitry Medvedev, the 57-year-old deputy secretary of Russia's Security Council chaired by Putin, said in video remarks to reporters that Russia's relations with the West have hit an all-time bottom. Asked whether the threat of a nuclear conflict has eased, Medvedev responded: No, it hasn't decreased, it has grown. Every day when they provide Ukraine with foreign weapons brings the nuclear apocalypse closer. Medvedev has issued a barrage of such strongly-worded statements in the past, blasting the US and its NATO allies for what he described as their efforts to break up and destroy Russia. In Thursday's comments, Medvedev denounced the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant

North Korea's nuclear capabilities may have risen to a stage where the US may not be able to offer enough incentives to roll them back

Two stories beneath a modern steel production plant on Warsaw's northern edge lies an untouched Cold War relic: a shelter containing gas masks, stretchers, first aid kits and other items meant to help civil defense leaders survive and guide rescue operations in case of nuclear attack or other disasters. A map of Europe on a wall still shows the Soviet Union and no independent Ukraine. Old boots and jackets give off a musty odour. A military field switchboard warns: Attention, your enemy is listening. Until now, nobody had seriously considered that the rooms built in the 1950s and now maintained as a historical curiosity by the ArcelorMittal Warszawa plant, according to spokeswoman Ewa Karpinska might one day be used as a shelter again. But as Russia pounds Ukraine, with shelling around a nuclear power plant and repeated Russian threats to use a nuclear weapon, the Polish government ordered an inventory this month of the 62,000 air raid shelters in the country. The war has trigge

China's threats of military action against Taiwan are absolutely not an option and will only push our two sides further from each other," Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Monday. Speaking on Taiwan's National Day, Tsai said China should not mistake competition within Taiwan's multiparty democratic political system for weakness and attempt to divide Taiwanese society. I want to make clear to the Beijing authorities that armed confrontation is absolutely not an option for our two sides," Tsai said. Only by respecting the commitment of the Taiwanese people to our sovereignty, democracy, and freedom can there be a foundation for resuming constructive interaction across the Taiwan Strait," she said. Fighter jets and a Chinook helicopter displaying Taiwan's flag flew overhead while the band from Taipei's First Girls' High School played hits ranging from the Beatles to Lady Gaga. National Day included international guests such as Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr., whose country

Members of the European Parliament have called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine to be recognised this year by the Nobel Peace Prize committee

US Vice President Kamala Harris will arrive in South Korea on Thursday just a day after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles amid an escalation of Pyongyang's continued nuke testing

"Those who are trying to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the wind patterns can also turn in their direction," the president said, accusing the US and allies of seeking to "destroy"

The UN nuclear chief warned that "very alarming" military activity at Europe's largest nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine could lead to dangerous consequences for the region.

Nagasaki paid tribute to victims of US atomic bombing 77 years ago on Aug 9, with mayor saying Russia's war on Ukraine showed the world that another nuclear attack is "a tangible and present crisis".

Russia was willing to assist the IAEA with a potential visit to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant but the UN Secretariat refused to approve such a visit.

The UN nuclear chief warned that Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine is completely out of control and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to visit.

Russian official has twice repeated Putin's new message that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought, apparently trying to roll back on Putin's warning after the Ukraine invasion.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, warning that humanity is just one step away from nuclear annihilation.

US President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol will search for ways on Saturday to break a diplomatic stalemate with North Korea

Finland, which shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia, and Sweden are considering joining the Nato alliance

Kishida condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launches, saying that they are destabilising the region

Outgunned but determined Ukrainian troops slowed Russia's advance and held onto the capital and other key cities - at least for now

Government on Wednesday said it was prepared to deal with any such eventuality

Trump has signaled his preference to respond aggressively against the North Korean threat