Dec 18th, 2008 · India holds Pakistan responsible for last month's terror attacks in Mumbai: The two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors have had a contentious relationship for decades. But many in Pakistan resent being the immediate prime suspects in the three-day siege.
Dec 15th, 2008 · As a government report warns the risk is rising, a team of nuclear safety officials is using advanced radiation detection equipment to help local nuclear material hidden in places like parking lots. They plan to use it at the presidential inauguration.
Dec 3rd, 2008 · A new intelligence report warns that without drastic new measures, the international community faces the real prospect of a nuclear or biological attack by 2013. The panel that issued the report has briefed vice president-elect Joe Biden on its contents.
Dec 3rd, 2008 · Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a top U.S. military official are visiting India in attempts to ease tensions between India and Pakistan. John Elliott, contributor to Forbes Magazine, discusses the conflict between the two nuclear powers and what officials can do.
Nov 21st, 2008 · The incoming Obama administration will inherit ongoing nuclear weapons negotiations with North Korea. One expert says that, though it they are likely to take years, continuing talks will be the only chance at reigning in the reclusive nation.
Nov 21st, 2008 · The world's first "zero-star hotel" recently opened its single cement door to tourists. Though the aesthetic in the converted bunker may be stark, it's conceived as a social place. And in case of nuclear disaster, guests should be safe.
Nov 15th, 2008 · British, American, Russian and French nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s and '60s left permanent records in trees around the globe. Scientists have found chemical signatures of the explosions in the wood of old trees in many countries.
Nov 14th, 2008 · The Obama administration faces a Rubik's Cube of policy problems in Iran, including Tehran's nuclear activities, its hostility to Israel, its role in Iraq and Afghanistan, its support for Hamas and Hezbollah and the nature of the Islamic Republic itself.