US President Barack Obama visited Hiroshima this week, just after the G7 Summit. This was the first ever visit by a US President in office. However,...
Sixteen years ago today, Pakistan detonated five nuclear devices in retaliation to India’s own tests 18 days earlier. Never has the sub-continent come so close to...
Iran has agreed to curb its nuclear activities in exchange for partial relief on international sanctions. David Cameron said this was an important first step while...
The Liberal Democrats have voted in favour of Britain’s nuclear weapons programme, Trident. The party’s conference, which is being held in Glasgow, heard submissions from academics,...
Unions and pressure groups have called for greater ethical responsibility from the Government Pension Fund of Norway, the world’s largest sovereign wealth investor. The $760 billion...
The day after the archbishop of Canterbury said he would try and compete payday lenders like Wonga “out of existence”, it was revealed that the Church...
Fifty-six years ago during the Cold War, Britain tested its first nuclear weapon on Malden Island, with many other countries following suit. But these events were...
North Korea is currently threatening nuclear attacks against both the US and South Korea. Ilaria Bertini looks at whether the advantages of nuclear as a power...
One day after detonating its biggest nuclear device in the South Pacific, president Jacques Chirac announced that France would no longer test nuclear weapons. In a...
The first session of the United Nations General Assembly was convened on January 10 1946 in London’s Westminster Central Hall and included representatives of 51 original...