A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Negev Desert in southern Israel, prompting widespread speculation about a potential nuclear test. The quake coincided with heightened tensions involving Israel, ...

US President Donald Trump landed back in Washington Thursday after a surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing that raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions. The announcement on ...

The U.S. military will launch an unarmed nuclear missile across the Pacific Ocean overnight Nov. 4, in a pre-planned firing that marks the Pentagon’s first weapons test since President Donald Trump ...

The earthquake measured 4.2 on the Richter scale. Its intensity and short duration immediately drew attention because it coincided with a pre-planned nationwide emergency preparedness drill in schools ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, declaring that the new weapon can’t be ...

Minutes before walking into a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this past week, President Donald Trump announced what could prove to be a stunning shift in American nuclear policy.

"We've halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it's appropriate to do so," the president told reporters aboard Air Force One. Experts say that the resumption of testing would be a ...

President Trump's comments about restarting weapons tests are not likely to lead to mushroom-cloud explosions over the New Mexico desert or seismic shaking underground in Nevada, according to the ...

Facing Trump’s call for a quick ceasefire and bruising, new U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil industry, Putin is again reminding the U.S. and other Western allies of Kyiv about his nuclear arsenal to ...