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Trump Urges New Nuclear Treaty After Russia Agreement Ends
US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a brand new nuclear treaty after the last agreement with Russia expired, prompting fears of a new global arms race.
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US And Russia Enter Uncertain Era As Key Nuclear Pact Expires
The last major arms control agreement between the US and Russia expired Thursday, increasing the risk of a new arms race between the world's two largest nuclear powers amid growing global instability.
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Opinion | Atom Bombs Didn't Prevent World War III. Humans Did
Growing up in the latter stages of the Cold War, my generation didn't live with the sense of menace and the Bert the Turtle duck-and-cover drills baby boomers endured, but both cohorts were blessed by the absence of a large-scale war.
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US Believes Russia Conducting Low-Level Nuclear Tests: Official
The United States believes Russia may be conducting low-level nuclear tests, a US intelligence official on Wednesday, while the head of a body monitoring a global nuclear treaty said there was no sign of such violations by Moscow.
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20 Years On, United Nations Waits For Working Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
The world was a more peaceful place when a newly sworn-in President Barack Obama pledged to "aggressively pursue" a global ban on nuclear arms tests. But as his term winds down, a working test-ban treaty remains a dream and some of the loudest voices out of Washington are hostile.
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John Kerry to Meet Iran's Foreign Minister at UN Anti-Nuclear Arms Conference
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry at the opening of a UN conference on the global anti-nuclear weapons treaty today, as they try to make progress in talks on a long-term atomic deal.
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Global Arms Treaty Enters Into Force Tomorrow
A treaty laying down international rules for the $85 billion dollar global arms trade goes into force on Wednesday with campaigners vowing to make sure it is strictly implemented.
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Eight more Countries Ratify UN Arms Trade Treaty
Eight more countries have ratified a landmark UN treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade, meaning 10 more countries are needed before the agreement goes into force.
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US to sign global treaty on conventional arms trade
US Secretary of State John Kerry will this week sign the first global treaty to regulate the $80 billion annual trade in conventional arms, seeking to stem the flow of weapons used in war crimes and genocide.
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UN receives document from Syria on joining chemical arms pact
The United Nations said it has received a document from Syria today on joining the global anti-chemical weapons treaty, something the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad promised as part of a deal to avoid US air strikes.
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Trump Urges New Nuclear Treaty After Russia Agreement Ends
US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a brand new nuclear treaty after the last agreement with Russia expired, prompting fears of a new global arms race.
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US And Russia Enter Uncertain Era As Key Nuclear Pact Expires
The last major arms control agreement between the US and Russia expired Thursday, increasing the risk of a new arms race between the world's two largest nuclear powers amid growing global instability.
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Opinion | Atom Bombs Didn't Prevent World War III. Humans Did
Growing up in the latter stages of the Cold War, my generation didn't live with the sense of menace and the Bert the Turtle duck-and-cover drills baby boomers endured, but both cohorts were blessed by the absence of a large-scale war.
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US Believes Russia Conducting Low-Level Nuclear Tests: Official
The United States believes Russia may be conducting low-level nuclear tests, a US intelligence official on Wednesday, while the head of a body monitoring a global nuclear treaty said there was no sign of such violations by Moscow.
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20 Years On, United Nations Waits For Working Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
The world was a more peaceful place when a newly sworn-in President Barack Obama pledged to "aggressively pursue" a global ban on nuclear arms tests. But as his term winds down, a working test-ban treaty remains a dream and some of the loudest voices out of Washington are hostile.
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John Kerry to Meet Iran's Foreign Minister at UN Anti-Nuclear Arms Conference
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry at the opening of a UN conference on the global anti-nuclear weapons treaty today, as they try to make progress in talks on a long-term atomic deal.
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Global Arms Treaty Enters Into Force Tomorrow
A treaty laying down international rules for the $85 billion dollar global arms trade goes into force on Wednesday with campaigners vowing to make sure it is strictly implemented.
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Eight more Countries Ratify UN Arms Trade Treaty
Eight more countries have ratified a landmark UN treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade, meaning 10 more countries are needed before the agreement goes into force.
-
US to sign global treaty on conventional arms trade
US Secretary of State John Kerry will this week sign the first global treaty to regulate the $80 billion annual trade in conventional arms, seeking to stem the flow of weapons used in war crimes and genocide.
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UN receives document from Syria on joining chemical arms pact
The United Nations said it has received a document from Syria today on joining the global anti-chemical weapons treaty, something the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad promised as part of a deal to avoid US air strikes.
