Meanwhile, Newsweek has compared how different countries' nuclear weapons compare, by using maps produced by Alex Wellerstein ...

A map has been released showing the areas most likely to be targeted in the event of a nuclear attack on US soil, as fears of ...

Vladimir Putin has reportedly lowered the threshold for Russia's use of nuclear weaponry, increasing fears around the globe ...

This firing cannot happen without NATO staff, British staff as well,' Andrei Kelin told Sky News this afternoon - a day after ...

British-made Storm Shadow missiles have been fired into Russian territory by Ukraine for the first time, a source has told ...

Vladimir Putin has reappeared after vanishing for almost two weeks as fears of World War III grow and Moscow starts building ...

Vladimir Putin will launch nuclear missiles on Ukraine, US or the UK "if he feels like it" amid growing fears of a worldwide conflict, according to an expert. The new doctrine allows for a ...

The 4-year-old document has a bland, bureaucratic title — “Basic Principles of State Policy on Nuclear Deterrence” — but its contents are chilling, especially with its newest revisions.

The United States was not surprised by Russia lowering its threshold for a nuclear strike and does not plan to adjust its own nuclear posture in response, the White House has said. "As we said ...

The Kremlin said it marked the crossing of a red line - officially putting nuclear retaliation on the table. Downing Street slammed the Russian government today for the fresh WW3 threat - with a ...

Vladimir Putin this morning signed off on an updated version of the Kremlin's nuclear doctrine that broadens the scope for Moscow to turn to its fearsome atomic arsenal on the same day that US ...