Nuclear Disarmament

White House confirms Trump-Xi-Putin trilateral summit in China, Iran and nuclear arms on agenda

Trump will raise the Iran war with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in China, while US officials say talks on Ukraine will continue separately.

US President Donald Trump speaks in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 9, 2026.
A block with the symbol, atomic number and mass number of Uranium (U) element, in this illustration taken January 21, 2026.

Georgia arrests man for selling radioactive uranium-238 to foreign national for $700,000

This picture taken on March 4, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 5, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile test launch conducted on the destroyer Choe Hyon at an undisclosed location.

North Korea rejects denuclearization, vows 'ceaseless' nuclear buildup over US-led alliance

People protest against the nuclear deal reached with Iran before U.S. Vice President Joe Biden meets with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center to discuss the deal on Sept. 3, 2015 in Davie, Florida.

Why trusting physics, not politics, once kept Iran in check - opinion


Iranian foreign minister denies nuclear pretext for strikes, cites Oman-mediated talks

Abbas Araghchi decried claims of "imminent nuclear threat" from Iran as a "heinous lie."

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, June 22, 2025

Iranian FM decries US as a 'bully' risking int'l conflict after Trump resumes nuclear testing

Trump on Thursday ordered the US military to immediately restart the process for testing nuclear weapons after a halt of 33 years.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia June 23, 2025, in this still image taken from video.

Nuclear watchdog: resuming nuclear weapons tests would destabilize security

'Any explosive nuclear weapon test by any state would be harmful and destabilizing for global non-proliferation efforts and for international peace and security.'

Robert Floyd Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at U.N. headquarters on the maintenance of International Peace and Security Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation in New York City, U.

Iran rebuilding ballistic missile manufacturing capabilities with China's support - CNN

Iran has purchased over 2,000 tons of sodium perchlorate since the 12-Day War, enough to produce fuel for over 500 ballistic missiles with nuclear capabilities.

IRANIAN MISSILE is launched during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, Aug. 20.

UN sanctions on Iran to be reimposed, France's Macron says

As Iran's 30-day deadline for avoiding snapback sanctions approaches, European leaders discussed the possibility of further nuclear sanctions.

French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer pose for the media at a hotel prior to an E3 meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025.

Hit with E3 snapback, Iran blinks instead of retaliating for first time - analysis

When West condemned Iran it would escalate nuke violations. Now the West imposed its worst measure and Tehran has not countered yet.

Pictures of Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists and others killed in Israeli strikes are displayed in Behesht Zahra Cemetery in southern Tehran, Iran, July 11, 2025

Kremlin says it is hard to imagine talks with US on new nuclear arms reduction treaty

The bleak assessment from Moscow comes amid the disintegration of the tangle of arms control treaties which sought to slow the arms race and reduce the risk of nuclear war.

 THE KREMLIN, Moscow.

UN chief deplores 'paralysis and deadlock' at global disarmament body

The Conference was established in 1979 and is overseen by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). It has 65 member states, including the United States, China and Russia.

 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres waits for the arrival of French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in the Gaza Strip at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., January 23, 2024.

Russia says it suspended nuclear pact because US was using it to help Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin announced last week that Russia was suspending its participation in New START and signed a law to that effect on Tuesday, drawing scorn from the West.

 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attends a meeting with U.S. ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy in Moscow, Russia, January 30, 2023.

North Korea takes over as UN disarmament president amid criticism

This year, North Korea has tested a flurry of ballistic missiles that are banned by the United Nations Security Council Resolutions.

 General view during the test firing of what state media report is a North Korean "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in this undated photo released on March 24, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).