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FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

US, Russia set for a showdown at UN over nuclear weapons in space

Russia is expected to block the draft resolution, said some diplomats. The US move comes after it accused Moscow of developing an anti-satellite nuclear weapon to put in space, an allegation that...

Polish President Andrzej Duda attends a news conference in Warsaw, Poland, June 2, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Poland ready to host NATO nuclear weapons, President Duda says

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the commanders of the Iranian armed forces in Tehran, Iran April 21, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran says nuclear weapons have no place in its nuclear doctrine

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US and Japan seek UN resolution calling on all nations to ban nuclear weapons in outer space

Residents hold US and North Korean flags while they wait for motorcade of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un en route to the Metropole Hotel for the second US- North Korea summit in Hanoi, Vietnam February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo

North Korea accuses US of stoking tension with 'nuclear supremacy'

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen addressing a High-Level Plenary Meeting of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly on 26 September in New York. Photo: Courtesy

There are no right hands to handle these wrong weapons: Momen calls for eliminating nuclear weapons at UN

A still image from video, released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launched during exercises held by the country's strategic nuclear forces at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, in this image taken from handout footage released October 26, 2022. The captioning data read": "Missile launcher Yars". Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

Russia remains committed to treaty banning nuclear weapons test explosions: MFA

FILE PHOTO: A Russian all-terrain armoured vehicle is parked outside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko//File Photo

Ukraine says Russia considering nuclear plant attack, Moscow denies it

Is Putin genuinely intent on attacking Ukraine? Photo: Reuters

Putin says Russia positions nuclear bombs in Belarus as warning to West

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Putin says tactical nuclear weapons to be deployed in Belarus in July

A member of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service keeps watch at the Senkivka checkpoint near the border with Belarus and Russia in the Chernihiv region, Ukraine February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Russia to place nuclear weapons near Belarus' borders with Nato

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 7th enlarged plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 1, 2023 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim orders more production of weapons-grade nuclear materials

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia February 21, 2023. Sputnik/Dmitry Astakhov/Kremlin via REUTERS

Nato criticises Putin for 'dangerous and irresponsible' nuclear rhetoric