An explosion has been reported from Iran's nuclear and military base in Parchin region as United States mobilises forces in case it plans to attack Tehran.

The post-war international order may be tearing apart at the seams and international law is increasingly looking like a polite fiction, but we did just pass one notable milestone of global peace and stability: As of this month, the world has gone the longest time without a nuclear explosion since the atomic era began more than 80 years ago.

Andrew Bustamante explains that his "stance" on the subject has been "fairly consistent", and believes there remains a "bigger concern" than a nuclear-tipped Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one.

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into the deadly legacy.

From Pacific islands to global fallout, a new report traces how decades of nuclear testing left a silent health crisis that still haunts millions worldwide

Two concurrent nuclear explosions over a US town were narrowly averted on January 24, 1961.