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The UK, US and Australia have agreed to work together to develop a new generation of nuclear-powered attack boats.

Foreign minister set to visit south-east Asia and the Pacific to reassure countries Australia does not seek to escalate military tensions

From cost to expertise, many questions are yet to be answered amid the fanfare of the plan’s announcement

China's ambassador to Australia has lashed the AUKUS security pact and says countries must stop treating his nation as a potential threat.

After charities experienced a gangbuster year in 2021 with record donations, philanthropic experts say that charitable giving is likely to plateau or decline this year after the stock market's prolonged downturn.

Sustaining it requires facing up to today’s political realities such as the growing rivalries in a multipolar nuclear world

Letters: The failure of last week’s talks is forcing a rethink among those in the peace movement who once pinned their hopes on article VI of the NPT, writes Frank Jackson, while Colin Hines calls for nuclear power to be eliminated too

‘After weeks of intensive but productive negotiations, the Russian Federation alone decided to block consensus on a final document’

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has condemned Russia for blocking the adoption of the final document draft at the monthlong Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations, but has also stressed that all participating nations except Russia showed a certain degree of solidarity.

Russia refused to support the document as it included a reference to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russian forces close to the frontline in Ukraine’s south-east

Failure to agree a joint statement after weeks of debate at UN marks latest blow to hopes of maintaining an arms control regime