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What's on top of Trump's 'to-do' list?

US President-elect Donald Trump has promised everything. But what does he stand for? These are his key policies.

Man accidentally finds lost nuke

Canadian man goes diving for sea cucumbers, stumbles across missing US nuclear weapon.

The world's deadliest weapons

Whether you're a superpower or a lone wolf, there have never been more deadly weapons available at any time in the world than right now.

Obama warns of nuke threat

US President Barack Obama has urged world leaders to do more to safeguard vulnerable nuclear facilities to prevent "madmen" from groups like Isis.

Cartoon: What's Russian for help again?

Gwynne Dyer: North Korea's nuclear ambition makes sense

Mike's Minute: Nuclear threat low, so why doom and gloom?

Mike Hosking says when it comes down to it, what country is a genuine nuclear threat right now? This doom and gloom attitude needs to stop.

Benjamin Habib: Little world can do to stop North Korea developing nuclear weapons

For any rational military strategist, the risks of an armed response to North Korea's sanctions violations and pin-prick provocations are prohibitive, writes Benjamin Habib.

N Korea's move test of China's waning influence

North Korea may have explained its announced hydrogen bomb test as a response to US "hostility", but experts say it may more accurately reflect deteriorating relations with China.

Foreign Minister welcomes Iran deal

Murray McCully said today the nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers was an “important” breakthrough.

US impatient over Iran nuclear deal

Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday the United States and its negotiating partners "will not rush, and we will not be rushed" into finalising a nuclear deal with Iran.

Lyndon Burford: Avoiding armageddon

The world's largest nuclear meeting, the five-yearly Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), has just closed at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Gwynne Dyer: Deepening puzzle of N-Korea's intent unsettling

This month North Korea claimed to have launched a ballistic missile from a submerged submarine.

Alexander Gillespie: Iran's nuclear concessions do make world safer

One of the biggest deals of the decade has just been concluded. Alexander Gillespie discusses Iran's nuclear concessions.

Pakistan's missile can target all of India

Pakistan has test-fired a ballistic missile able to carry a nuclear warhead to every part of India. Yesterday's test was another escalation in Islamabad's effort to keep pace with its neighbouring rival's formidable military advancements.

Kiwis fight for compo over nuclear tests

Veterans of British nuclear tests in the mid-Pacific in the 1950s, including New Zealand servicemen, have taken heart from a first victory in their long fight for compensation for illnesses linked to radioactive fallout.

Kerry: 'We know that NZ stands with us'

US Secretary of State John Kerry says he knows New Zealand stands with America on Iraq - and he doesn’t need to ask to know that.

Kerry raises n-word at reception

US Secretary of State John Kerry used a reception at the NZ embassy in Washington last night to pointedly promote US nuclear-powered warships as safe.