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The Pentagon and Republican congressmen on Tuesday aired fresh concerns about China's build-up of its nuclear forces after a new report saying Beijing was building 110 more missile silos.

North Korea has stolen more than $300 million worth of cryptocurrencies through cyberattacks in recent months to support its banned nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, a confidential UN report said.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she spoke with the nation's top military leader about ensuring that an "unhinged" President Donald Trump does not launch a nuclear attack in his final days in office.

A top Iranian official Monday said nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in a new type of "complex operation", blaming arch-foe Israel and an exiled opposition group.

Iran said one of its most prominent nuclear scientists was assassinated on Friday in an attack on his car outside Tehran that it accused arch foe Israel of being behind.

Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris, the US Democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate, has pledged to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and re-enter the Iran nuclear deal to restore "our place in the world" and win back the "trust and support" of the US's Asian and European allies if her party wins the November presidential election.

A couple of weeks after Hotstar decided to nuke the Last Week Tonight episode critical of Prime Minster Narendra Modi, host John Oliver has addressed — and blasted — the Disney-owned streaming service’s self-censorship ways on his latest episode.

After Hotstar’s decision on Tuesday to nuke the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-centric episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in India, many Android users have left 1-star reviews for the Hotstar app on Google Play.

Hotstar has left out the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which dealt with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity and several controversies, including PM Modi’s Hindu nationalist beliefs, the RSS’ Hitler ties, dangerous views of those closest to him — Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath — demonetisation, textbook manipul...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for "positive and offensive measures" to ensure the country's security before a year-end deadline he has set for denuclearization talks with the United States, state media KCNA said on Monday.

North Korean media published fresh pictures Wednesday of leader Kim Jong Un riding a white horse on a sacred mountain, imagery that experts say is heavy with symbolism and may indicate a policy announcement.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that European nations should be involved in any talks to forge a new pact limiting mid-range nuclear missiles held by US and Russia, after a landmark Cold War-era accord fell apart this year.

A North Korean nuclear test in 2017 was so powerful that it moved the surface of Mount Mantap, the test location, as the explosion was 17 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, a team of researchers from the Indian space agency said.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed Tehran's treatment of an inspector with the UN's nuclear watchdog agency last week as "an outrageous and unwarranted act of intimidation."

Iran said on Saturday it is now enriching uranium to five percent, after a series of steps back from its commitments under a troubled 2015 accord with major powers.

The Pentagon and Republican congressmen on Tuesday aired fresh concerns about China's build-up of its nuclear forces after a new report saying Beijing was building 110 more missile silos.

North Korea has stolen more than $300 million worth of cryptocurrencies through cyberattacks in recent months to support its banned nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, a confidential UN report said.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she spoke with the nation's top military leader about ensuring that an "unhinged" President Donald Trump does not launch a nuclear attack in his final days in office.

A top Iranian official Monday said nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in a new type of "complex operation", blaming arch-foe Israel and an exiled opposition group.

Iran said one of its most prominent nuclear scientists was assassinated on Friday in an attack on his car outside Tehran that it accused arch foe Israel of being behind.

Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris, the US Democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate, has pledged to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and re-enter the Iran nuclear deal to restore "our place in the world" and win back the "trust and support" of the US's Asian and European allies if her party wins the November presidential election.

A couple of weeks after Hotstar decided to nuke the Last Week Tonight episode critical of Prime Minster Narendra Modi, host John Oliver has addressed — and blasted — the Disney-owned streaming service’s self-censorship ways on his latest episode.

After Hotstar’s decision on Tuesday to nuke the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-centric episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in India, many Android users have left 1-star reviews for the Hotstar app on Google Play.

Hotstar has left out the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which dealt with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity and several controversies, including PM Modi’s Hindu nationalist beliefs, the RSS’ Hitler ties, dangerous views of those closest to him — Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath — demonetisation, textbook manipul...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for "positive and offensive measures" to ensure the country's security before a year-end deadline he has set for denuclearization talks with the United States, state media KCNA said on Monday.

North Korean media published fresh pictures Wednesday of leader Kim Jong Un riding a white horse on a sacred mountain, imagery that experts say is heavy with symbolism and may indicate a policy announcement.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that European nations should be involved in any talks to forge a new pact limiting mid-range nuclear missiles held by US and Russia, after a landmark Cold War-era accord fell apart this year.

A North Korean nuclear test in 2017 was so powerful that it moved the surface of Mount Mantap, the test location, as the explosion was 17 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, a team of researchers from the Indian space agency said.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed Tehran's treatment of an inspector with the UN's nuclear watchdog agency last week as "an outrageous and unwarranted act of intimidation."

Iran said on Saturday it is now enriching uranium to five percent, after a series of steps back from its commitments under a troubled 2015 accord with major powers.