US to stop giving Russia some New START nuclear arms data
Washington DC, USReuters The United States said it will stop providing Russia some notifications required under the New START arms control treaty from Thursday, including updates on its missile and launcher locations, to retaliate for Moscow’s “ongoing violations” of the accord. In a fact sheet on its website, the State Department said it would also […]
North Korea fires missile, flies warplanes near border as South imposes sanctions
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a series of launches by the nuclear-armed country amid heightened tensions. South Korea also scrambled fighter jets when a group of about 10 North Korean military aircraft flew […]
Biden, Putin strike conciliatory tones as nuclear arms talks start at UN
United NationsReuters US President Joe Biden said on Monday he is ready to pursue a new nuclear arms deal with Russia and called on Moscow to act in good faith as his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin said there could be no winners in any nuclear war. Both leaders issued written statements as diplomats gathered for a month-long UN conference […]
Nuclear missiles, bombs market to surge 73 per cent by 2030 – report
Reuters The global market for nuclear missiles and bombs should surpass $US126 billion within 10 years, up nearly 73 per cent from 2020 levels, according to a report by Allied Market Research on Monday, as Russian aggression in Ukraine spurs military spending. The value of the market would jump 72.6 per cent from the Portland-based […]
Essay: America is exceptional – in its addiction to violence and war
US activist, author and co-director of Red Letter Christians SHANE CLAIBORNE says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that while it’s been 55 years since Martin Luther King’s historic speech, ‘Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,’ it still rings out as true as ever…
Essay: What countries have nuclear weapons, and where are they?
With the spectre of nuclear weapons raised by the war in Ukraine, MILES A POMPER and VASILII TUGANOV, of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, look – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what countries have them…
Catholic priest is sentenced to time served after 2018 break-in at nuclear naval base
RNS Since his arrest nearly three years ago on trespassing charges after invading a nuclear submarine base with six others as part of a symbolic nuclear disarmament action, Rev Stephen M Kelly has been held in a Brunswick, Georgia, county jail. On Thursday, Kelly, a 71-year-old Jesuit priest, considered the leader of the group that […]
RUSSIA: ORTHODOX CHURCH CONSIDERS A BAN ON BLESSING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
MARC BENNETTS, writing for Religion News Service, reports from Moscow…
World Council of Churches congratulates ICAN on being awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The World Council of Churches has congratulated the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) on being awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee cited ICAN’s “work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons” […]