As rain poured on the northern provinces of Iran in late March, a somber crowd snaked through the mountain ranges of Asara carrying the coffin of Mohammad Reza Kia. The city of just a few thousand people was draped in banners now hailing the young nuclear scientist as a “martyr of the imposed war.

As war rages between Iran, the US and Israel, experts identify the safest locations in Britain during a potential nuclear conflict - from London Underground to remote islands

As the world teeters on the brink of widespread conflict, a terrifying simulation has revealed what could happen to those caught in the blast of a detonating nuclear bomb. Created by the appropriately named 'atomic marvel', the animation details the impact ...

While a jacketed nuclear bomb may not be capable of wreaking destruction on a massive scale, its deployment on a smaller scale could nevertheless prove highly effective.

Killing of security chief Ali Larijani has made it more difficult for less hawkish figures to push back on IRGC hardliners' support for building a bomb and bolting NPT, sources say

An interactive map allows people to explore, hypothetically, how much of Ireland could be affected if a nuclear bomb were to hit(Image: NUKKMAP ) Recent remarks by ...

07:00, Thu, Mar 26, 2026 Updated: 09:43, Thu, Mar 26, 2026 With multiple ongoing wars taking place in the world right now, the threat of a nuclear strike between nuclear-armed countries feels more imminent than ever. Devastating conflict rages on between ...

Scientist AQ Khan, surveilled and targeted by Israel's Mossad, wanted to give Iran nuclear technology to challenge the authority of the West

That's certainly a belief shared by American journalist Annie Jacobsen, who published her book 'Nuclear War: A Scenario' in 2024, in which she theorises that it could take just 72 minutes for a first nuclear missile strike to develop into a global thermonuclear war.