Doomsday Clock: Watch announcement of how close Earth is to catastrophe live online
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to announce how close we are to the apocalypse with its Doomsday Clock.
Nuclear weapons could be used to blow up asteroids if they threaten the Earth, scientists reveal
A nuclear blast would cause an asteroid to lose mass and change its direction of travel
Jeremy Corbyn: Labour leader says Trident submarines could be retained as a non-nuclear fleet
Corbyn said his 'first priority' is to protect defence jobs while also dismantling Britain's nuclear capabilities.
Genocide Memorial Day 2016: Nuclear weapons are 'an existential threat to humanity'
Events around the world are focusing on the threat that WMDs, particularly nuclear missiles, pose to mankind.
Nuclear power plants in 20 countries 'do not have any protection' against cyberattacks
Nuclear Threat Initiative says many countries with nuclear facilities have poor protection for cyberattacks.
North Korea: Pyongyang claims it is ready to detonate H-Bomb capable of 'wiping out' US
The isolated nation said that their 'successful' testing last week was in response to US hostility.
Cold War-era document reveals US plans to nuke 1,200 cities
Declassified file shows US planned to use bombs far more powerful than the one it dropped on Hiroshima.
Want a world without the threat of nuclear weapons? We must ban nuclear testing
Eight countries – including China and the US – have still not signed and ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
North Korea hydrogen bomb: Kim Jong-un boasts of expanding nuclear arsenal
Kim Jong-un claims his country has developed hydrogen bombs for its nuclear arsenal.
Threatening nuclear weapons in Syria is Putin's attempt to get Russia treated like a superpower again
Confusion over how to beat Isis gives Putin an opportunity to seem proactive and powerful.
War on Isis: Vladimir Putin raises spectre of nuclear weapons as Russia targets Daesh in Syria
Putin has remarked that cruise missiles targeting jihadists could be fitted with nuclear warheads.
North Korea test site activity could be a bluff
Satellite images showed construction of a test tunnel where country conducted three previous nuclear tests.
Poland denies move to join Nato nuclear programme
Deputy Defence Minister Tomasz Szatkowski had earlier said Poland was in talks to join the programme.
Poland could ask to join Nato's nuclear weapon-sharing programme
If a Polish request was approved, the country would be able to borrow arms.
New early-warning system could protect Earth from explosive space weather
Scientists hope to fully automate early-warning system to monitor the Sun's coronal magnetic fields in real time.
The hunt for Red Mercury: Isis tricked into chasing after mythical nuclear bomb substance
Isis and other Jihadists have been trying to purchase a mythical nuclear substance that is just a hoax.
North Korea rules out nuclear talks but ready for peace treaty with US
Pyongyang reacts to Barack Obama-Park Geun-hye statement.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn appointed vice-president of CND
Corbyn has said he 'would not' press the nuclear button as prime minister and opposes Trident missile system.
Nuclear deal: Iran's parliament supports historic agreement with huge majority
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has come out to prohibit negotiations with the US.
North Korea has ballistic missiles capable of reaching US, top official warns
Admiral Bill Gortney says US military ready to respond in the event of nuclear launch.
John McAfee: A 10-year-old with internet access could acquire an EMP and destroy an entire city
Electromagnetic pulse generators capable of taking down entire cities are too easily accessible.
Hilary Benn: Labour will support Trident and 'cornerstone of security' Nato
Shadow foreign secretary says his party will back the policies despite Jeremy Corbyn's criticisms.
Iran nuclear deal: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backs parliamentary vote on historic agreement
Khamenei underlined that co-operation with the US is based only on this specific agreement.
Scotland's Faslane nuclear base to get £500m investment
Clyde naval site, home of Trident submarines, to get funding over 10-year period.
North Korea promises to continue nuclear programme to defend itself from the US
Ambassador from rogue Communist state makes announcement in rare interview.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Archive footage of the atomic bombs that shook the world
Archive video of the atomic bombs dropped by the US on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The rise of the nuclear bomb
The lead-up and consequences of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Iran's Javad Zarif lashes out at John Kerry for 'military threat' over nuclear deal
Iranian foreign minister reacts sharply to Kerry's remarks at Senate hearing.
Iran nuclear deal explained in 60 seconds
IBTimes UK explains the importance of the historic nuclear agreement between Iran and major world powers.
Iran nuclear deal: Oil price plummets as production is expected to pick up
Brent Crude fell by 1.52% after marathon talks by P5+1 officials resulted in a deal for Iran.