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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 376

nuclear disarmament

The UN flag flies at half staff outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on November 13, 2023, in memory of those killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
November 14, 2023, 12:16 pm
At UN nuclear conference, China, Iran, Oman decry Israeli minister’s comment on Gaza
Beijing says Amichai Eliyahu’s suggestion Israel could nuke Strip was ‘extremely irresponsible and disturbing,’ as nations gather for fourth confab aimed at nuclear-free Mideast
By Edith M. Lederer
Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (AP/ Mark Schiefelbein/ File)
June 12, 2023, 2:08 am
China leading way as nuclear powers expand arsenals, report warns
Era of slimming nuclear stockpiles is ending, Swedish think tank says, with China, Russia, India and Pakistan all deploying more bombs; Israel said to keep inventory unchanged
By AFP
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he delivers a speech during a press conference about the end of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters, in Brussels, on August 2, 2019 (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
August 2, 2019, 7:58 pm
NATO says no to new ‘arms race’ as US, Russia rip up weapons treaty
But alliance chief also places blame for demise of INF treaty on Moscow, expresses support for Washington
By Susan Stumme, Anna SMOLCHENKO and Francesco FONTEMAGGI
In this photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official web site on Thursday, May 24, 2018, the Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky test-fires the Bulava missiles from the White Sea on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (AP/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service)
August 2, 2019, 12:46 pm
US and Russia end weapons pact, sparking fears of new arms race
US to test new missile that had been banned under INF arms control treaty, Pompeo blames Russia for violating agreement for years; Moscow urges moratorium
By Deb Riechmann
Beatrice Fihn (L), leader of ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons), and Hiroshima nuclear bombing survivor Setsuko Thurlow after accepting the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize during the award ceremony of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize at the city hall in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/Odd ANDERSEN)
December 11, 2017, 3:44 am
Nobel Peace Prize winners warn nuclear war is ‘a tantrum away’
At ceremony snubbed by three Western atomic powers, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons head says denuclearization needed to prevent ‘our mutual destruction’
By Ilgin KARLIDAG
Illustrative: B61 nuclear bombs on a rack. (Courtesy US Department of Defense)
October 18, 2017, 11:14 pm
As nuclear threat mushrooms, experts group says situation worse than Cold War
At anti-nuke Luxembourg Forum’s annual confab, experts discuss Iran deal, North Korea, India-Pakistan conflict, but most fear deteriorating Russia-US relationship
By Judah Ari Gross
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference during a defense ministers meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on February 5, 2015. (AFP Photo/John Thys)
October 6, 2017, 6:29 pm
NATO, Kremlin defend nuclear deterrence after ICAN Nobel win
Calling for ‘verifiable and balanced reduction of nuclear weapons,’ NATO chief warns full disarmament approach irresponsible in light of global security ‘realities’
By AFP and AP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally for Alabama Republican Senator Luther Strange in Huntsville, Alabama, on September 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
October 6, 2017, 5:31 pm
Trump presidency makes people worried about nuclear arms, Nobel winners say
Japanese survivors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki welcome peace prize award for ICAN, urge greater cooperation in bid to rid world of nukes
By AFP
US President Barack Obama and other world leaders wave at the Nuclear Security Summit family photo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on April 1, 2016 in Washington, DC. (AFP / MANDEL NGAN)
June 16, 2017, 5:40 am
UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons may be adopted soon
130 countries said nearing agreement on global nonproliferation pact; Israel and 8 other states believed to have nukes won’t support it
By Edith M. Lederer
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
February 24, 2017, 12:36 pm
Trump clarifies: ‘I like the two-state solution,’ but it’s up to the two sides to decide
President, in Reuters interview, elaborates, a little, on his preferred formula for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 23, 2017 (AFP/Saul Loeb)
February 24, 2017, 5:22 am
Trump vows to keep US nuclear arsenal at ‘top of the pack’
President says he will not allow America to fall behind others; states preference for 2-state solution but will agree to what sides deem best
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: B61 nuclear bombs on a rack. (Courtesy US Department of Defense)
June 13, 2016, 4:21 pm
Nuclear powers shrinking, modernizing arsenals – watchdog
Despite fewer warheads, none of world’s 9 nuclear powers show signs of surrendering their atomic weapons, study finds
By AP and ToI Staff
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press-conference following a meeting with his Swiss counterpart in the capital Tehran, on February 27, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
May 2, 2016, 6:08 pm
Iran urges nuclear weapon-free Korean peninsula
In meeting with South Korean counterpart, Rouhani says ‘our demand is a world free of weapons of mass destruction’
By AP
US President Barack Obama (C) speaks during the opening plenary of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Apri1 1, 2016 in Washington, DC (AFP / Mandel Ngan)
April 1, 2016, 7:27 pm
IS ‘madmen’ would gladly use nukes, Obama warns summit
President says a bomb containing fissile material the size of an apple could kill and injure hundreds of thousands, shake the world
By AFP
US President Barack Obama listens as French President Francois Hollande speaks during their meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
April 1, 2016, 7:03 pm
Obama hails Iran deal as a model for nuclear diplomacy
At world summit on nuclear threats, president lauds accord’s achievements, admits it hasn’t curbed Tehran’s missile program, support of terror
By AP
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