Nuclear weapons

France seeks lead post-Brexit role in EU nuclear strategy

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday advocated a more coordinated European Union defense strategy in which France, the bloc's only post-...
20:20 7 February 2022

US adds ‘low yield’ nuclear weapon to its submarine arsenal

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has deployed a new addition to its nuclear arsenal — a long-range missile armed with a nuclear warhead of reduced destr...
7:00 4 February 2022

Flaring tensions could kill Iran nuclear deal; to what end?

BERLIN — The landmark 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons has been teetering on the edge...
6:28 10 January 2022

Moon renews invitation for Kim to visit South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday said he hopes to see North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fulfill a promise to visit the...
3:09 7 January 2022

Trump faces raft of foreign policy challenges in new year

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump starts the new year knee-deep in daunting foreign policy challenges at the same time he'll have to deal with a lik...
18:18 29 December 2022

US watching North Korea for ‘Christmas gift’ missile launch

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is closely watching North Korea for signs of a possible missile launch or nuclear test in the coming days that officials are ref...
5:11 20 December 2021

Pope denounces ‘evil’ of nukes as he fulfills Japan dream

TOKYO — Pope Francis denounced the “evil” of nuclear weapons on Saturday as he began a three-day visit to Japan and fulfilled a dream to be a missiona...
12:10 23 November 2021

Korean peninsula troubles pose US security challenge

HANOI, Vietnam — Defense Secretary Mark Esper is returning from Asia with the U.S. still facing a trio of troubles on the Korean peninsula that pose r...
21:55 21 November 2021

Rich in dramatic Catholic history, Nagasaki awaits the pope

NAGASAKI, Japan — It’s fitting that Pope Francis will start his first official visit to Japan in Nagasaki, the city where Christianity first took hold...
8:30 19 November 2021