World News Story Time Running Out On Last Us Russia Nuclear Arms Treaty

When was the last time US, Russia conducted nuclear testing?

President Trump said Wednesday he directed the Pentagon to immediately start testing U.S. nuclear weapons for the first time since the 1990s to equal testing levels in China and Russia. “The United ... Read More

Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. Here is why it matters

The U.S. and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Read More

Russia says it awaits an answer from the US on New START as nuclear treaty ticks down

Russia on Wednesday said it was still awaiting a formal answer from Washington on President Vladimir Putin's proposal to jointly stick to the last remaining Russian-U.S. arms control treaty, which ... Read More

Last nuclear treaty between US and Russia nears expiration as Trump and Putin trade testing threats

(CNN) — US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spent weeks trading threats to restart nuclear tests, an escalation kicked off by Putin’s boasts about tests of the Poseidon ... Read More

If Trump resumes testing of nuclear weapons, Russia says it's going to do it too

Senior Russian officials on Nov. 11 said they were still waiting for a White House explanation about what President Donald Trump meant he when said he had instructed the Pentagon to resume nuclear ... Read More

Nuclear weapons: Time is running out

“The threat of nuclear war never went away” (Nov. 2, Opinion) is a timely reminder. The world cannot afford another nuclear arms race. In less than 100 days, the last remaining arms control treaty ... Read More

The end of nuclear arms control looms

THE INCIPIENT nuclear-arms race may start in earnest in 2026. New START, the last treaty limiting American and Russian long-range nuclear weapons, expires in February. There will not be enough time to ... Read More

Letters to the Editor: We’re watching ‘a dangerous escalation of the nuclear arms race’ in real time

To the editor: Eighty years ago, more than 200,000 people were killed by two atomic bombs dropped in Japan. Humanity did not recoil from that horror. Instead, we went on to stockpile around 70,000 ... Read More