Nuclear weapons

North Korea’s state media say leader Kim Jong Un has convened a key military meeting to discuss bolstering its nuclear arsenal and putting his country’s strategic armed forces on a high alert

The United Nations says the 191 parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty have decided to postpone a conference to review its implementation because of the coronavirus pandemic

Scientists warned Thursday that Earth is inching closer to disaster. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its symbolic Doomsday Clock closer to midnight, indicating that the likeliness of a human-caused apocalypse has increased since last year.

President Donald Trump said Monday during a press conference he’d be willing to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani without any preconditions.

President Donald Trump announced Friday the North Korea nuclear summit is back on for a June 12 meeting in Singapore. The announcement came after Trump met with Kim Yong Chol, a top deputy to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in the Oval Office for more than an hour.

Chung Eui-yong, South Korea’s national security director, said Thursday that President Donald Trump has decided he will meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. He also said Kim told the South Koreans he is “committed to denuclearization.”

President Trump spoke of the dangers of North Korea’s nuclear missile program, and told the story of a North Korean defector, during his State of the Union speech.

President Donald Trump designated North Korea a state sponsor of terror during a cabinet meeting Monday.