N-bomb ‘can save Earth from asteroid collision`

Last Updated: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 19:00

Scientists say they have found a way to blast an asteroid into space dust using an atomic bomb.

Ahmadinejad, Chavez rebuff US, joke about bomb

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 09:10

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela`s Hugo Chavez lavished each other with praise.

Iran sanctions have `enormous bite`: Obama

Last Updated: Monday, November 14, 2011, 10:19

Barack Obama expressed confidence that Russia and China in particular understand the threat a nuclear armed Iran would pose.

Israel says Iran closer to atom bomb than thought

Last Updated: Monday, November 14, 2011, 09:45

Both Washington and Israel have said they are keeping all options on the table to stop Tehran developing a nuclear bomb.

US dismantles most powerful nuclear bomb

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 09:13

Technicians in Texas closed a chapter on the Cold War, dismantling the oldest, biggest and most powerful nuclear bomb in the US arsenal, officials said.

Now, a handheld device to sniff out nuclear bomb

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 14:34

Researchers at the Northwestern University have developed new materials that could lead to a handheld device for detecting nuclear weapons and materials, such as a “bomb in a suitcase”.

Iran consolidates nuclear bomb effort: Opposition

Last Updated: Saturday, July 23, 2011, 09:22

The MEK said Iran`s Defence Ministry has established an agency to merge nuclear-related programs.

I did Pak a favour by making N-bomb: AQ Khan

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 16:30

Disgraced nuclear scientist AQ Khan added he was stabbed in the back by Pakistani Army.

‘Morarji threatened to smash Pak for N-bomb test’

Last Updated: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 00:26

Then PM Morarji Desai had told US that if Pak tested a n-bomb, he would smash it, a US memo shows.

Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapon: Netanyahu

Last Updated: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 23:35

Iran is closer to developing a nuclear bomb than it was earlier.

Iran could have enough uranium for N-bomb within 3 years: US

Last Updated: Friday, June 11, 2010, 20:16

Iran could have enough enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb within three years, perhaps even next year, according to intelligence reports, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.

N-Korea promises only limited nuclear bomb production

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 22:54

North Korea said on Wednesday it would not produce nuclear weapons to excess or engage in an arms race and was ready to join an international non-proliferation campaign as a nuclear armed state.