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Russian President Vladimir Putin. File Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

What's Russia's nuclear doctrine and how did Putin change it?

A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives in Red Square during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia on 9 May 2023. File Photo: Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Russia is revising its nuclear doctrine, Kremlin says

The nuclear threat on our doorstep
Panorama

The nuclear threat on our doorstep

Russia's new nuclear-powered submarine Imperator Alexander III test launches the Bulava ballistic missile, designed to carry nuclear warheads, from the White Sea, in this screengrab taken from a video released on November 5, 2023. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
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Russia's new nuclear submarine test launches Bulava intercontinental missile

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu. Photo collected
Hamas-Israel war

Israel minister reprimanded over Gaza nuclear 'option' comment

A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives in Red Square during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia on 9 May 2023. File Photo: Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Russia signals intent to quickly revoke ratification of nuclear test ban treaty

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh becomes 33rd nuclear power-using country: Yeafesh Osman

An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan on 22 August 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters
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Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean from 24 August

An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan on 22 August 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters
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Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean from 24 August

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters
China

Xi appoints new chief of China's nuclear arsenal

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 7 June, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/Pool
Politics

Saudi foreign minister wants US to bid in domestic nuclear programme

The construction site of Rooppur nuclear power plant (NPP), Bangladesh’s first NPP, in Pabna. When completed, Rooppur NPP will contribute 2400 MW(e) to the country’s energy supply. Photo: BAERA
Energy

Int'l Atomic Energy Agency reviews Bangladesh's regulatory framework for nuclear, radiation safety

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks to the media after attending a close door meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Ukraine, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, U.S., October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
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COP27: nuclear boss doesn't expect surge in waste recycling