The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Weapon

The Chinese leader conveyed his message in a face-to-face meeting with the Russian president, Western and Chinese officials say.

First things first: triggering a nuclear weapon under any circumstances is a really bad idea.

Think tank says China had 17 percent more nuclear warheads in January 2023 compared with the year before.

Moscow has started moving nuclear weapons into Belarusian territory, in response to what it called a “sharp escalation” on its western border.

The last time a U.S. president visited Hiroshima, atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori was filled with hope for a future without nuclear weapons. Seven years later, he's more sceptical.

“The speed with which artificial intelligence acts will make it problematical in crisis situations."

Russia is very unlikely to use its nuclear weapons, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday, despite past saber-rattling from the Kremlin and the heavy casualties that eMoscow is enduring in its invasion of Ukraine.

The U.S. agency that oversees the nation's nuclear arsenal is moving ahead with plans to modernize production of key components that trigger the weapons

For President Joe Biden, preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon is a core national security objective. Biden administration officials across the government frequently state that the U.S. will do whatever is required to accomplish this goal and that all available options are on the table to ensure Tehran never…