THE Doomsday Clock has been pushed closer than ever to midnight in a stark warning that humanity is edging dangerously near to catastrophe. Scientists today moved the symbolic timepiece forward to

By Mark Trevelyan Jan 30 (Reuters) - The last Russia-U.S. nuclear arms control treaty, known as New START, is due to expire on February 5. Here is a guide to the treaty and why it matters. WHO SIGNED NEW START,

An ally and former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Boris Yeltsin said the country could use nuclear weapons against Europe should Russia ever be on the verge of defeat in its ongoing war with Ukraine.

Greenland's strategic location makes it a focal point if there were to be a nuclear conflict involving Russia, China and the United States

LONDON/WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The United States and Russia could embark on an unrestrained nuclear arms race for the first time since the Cold War, unless they reach an eleventh-hour deal before their last remaining arms control treaty expires in less than a week.

"It is the use of nuclear risk as a tool of coercion," Ukraine's foreign minister said.

During the Cold War, the biggest fear for powerful nations was not only losing a nuclear war, but also losing the ability to respond at all. Specifically, if enemy attacks destroyed missile silos and air bases,

A Norwegian rocket launched on 25 January 1995 in order to study the Northern Lights, was mistaken by Russia for an incoming nuclear missile on a direct course to Moscow.

A Cold War nuclear bunker hanging from a cliff edge could now be just weeks, if not days, away from falling into the sea.

The post-war international order may be tearing apart at the seams and international law is increasingly looking like a polite fiction, but we did just pass one notable milestone of global peace and stability: As of this month, the world has gone the longest time without a nuclear explosion since the atomic era began more than 80 years ago.