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A 4.3 magnitude quake in Fars province was confirmed natural by United States Geological Survey and Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, dismissing nuclear test rumors amid debate over ...

In September 1979, a US Vela satellite detected a mysterious "double flash" over the Indian Ocean - a signal scientists ...

During the Cold War, the United States feared that rival powers could secretly test nuclear weapons underground without being detected. Scientists began analyzing seismic signals from earthquakes and ...

Iran experienced a 4.3-magnitude quake today (March 3), according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). However, given the ...

Group Captain Richard Dixon, who has died aged 93, saw service in the Suez Canal Zone and was twice deployed to Christmas ...

The U.S. Vice President stated that Trump was seeking a long-term guarantee that Iran would never pursue nuclear weapons ...

India and Canada are moving to reset ties through a landmark civil nuclear agreement, decades after relations were ruptured by India's use of a Canadian reactor for the 1974 Pokhran nuclear test. The ...

From outset, this was clear that prospect of acquiring weapon tech was at least part of reason for Iran’s interest in nuclear ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the extension of France's nuclear deterrent to eight European nations, alongside ...

Although nuclear weapons are extremely destructive, as was proven when the US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, all rising powers want to have atomic and hydrogen bombs in their ...

Five days into this latest war between Israel and its American partner and Iran has raised the most profound and exquisitely ...