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At least one of Putin's advisors has urged a "limited" nuclear attack on NATO.

There would be massive global impacts from any such incident, according to a US report.

The daunting display came amid South Korean-US military exercises that North Korea views as a security threat.

The US and South Korean militaries have been training together since last week. North Korea sees this as an invasion rehearsal.

Chinese customs authorities have banned seafood from Japan after the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant starting its wastewater release on Thursday.

Despite months of protests, Japanese authorities insist the treated radioactive material will be let out into the ocean,

Poland's President Andrzej Duda has warned the move will change the balance of power in Europe.

The Barngarla people are celebrating after the Federal Court set aside a decision to build a nuclear waste dump on their country.

Cluster bombs have long been criticised because they often leave behind unexploded bomblets that can harm civilians long after a battle has ended.

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Here's what we know about the ICBMs in North Korea's arsenal.

How serious are the risks of an attack at the power plant? And how disastrous would this be for Ukraine and the wider world?

Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged Russian troops had placed "objects resembling explosives" on top of several of the plant's power units to "simulate" an attack from outside.

Over 12 years since Japan's deadliest earthquake, that killed 22,000 and triggering a catastrophic nuclear disaster, the 1.3 million tonnes of stored radioactive wastewater has been deemed safe to release.

As Russia and the United States gradually dismantle their retired warheads, China is building its arsenal.

Both countries said the move had been prompted by 'western aggression'.

The sanctions come as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in Japan for the G7 summit in Hiroshima.

Images captured by a robotic probe inside one of the three melted reactors at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant showed exposed steel bars in the main supporting structure and parts of its thick external concrete wall missing.

Beijing has warned the Russia-Ukraine war risks becoming a global conflict.

The military alliance said Russian President Vladimir Putin was attempting to mislead the world.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus, as the West steps up military support for Ukraine.

North Korea claimed to have tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone designed to generate a gigantic "radioactive tsunami" that would destroy naval strike groups and ports.

Dmitry Medvedev denounced the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin.

Fremantle MP Josh Wilson said Parliament should not gloss over the "risks and uncertainty" in the huge defence project.

Richard Marles was speaking as the federal government launches an advertising campaign for more sailors.

The latest launch comes amid rising tensions over North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

One commentator said the new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines will help check growing Chinese power.

Details of the employment boost come as PM Anthony Albanese prepares to meet his US and British counterparts.

Anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster marked with a minute of silence, as concerns grow ahead of the planned release of the treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

Australia will acquire the nuclear-propelled submarines in three planned stages, at a total cost of $100 billion.

The International Atomic Energy Agency's claim was revealed overnight as the US warned Tehran's ability to build a nuclear bomb was accelerating.

Russia is rumoured to be preparing a more ambitious attack. Ukraine is waiting on Western tanks. What's nowhere in sight is a settlement.

US President Joe Biden slammed Putin's decision and gave an ironclad promise to Russian neighbours worried they're next.

Vladimir Putin says Russia is suspending its participation in the treaty.

The launches continue a tit-for-tat exchange that follow a year in which North Korea launched more than 70 missiles, the most ever.

Nuclear weapons have only been used twice in the history of warfare, but the nine countries that now have warheads of their own have a combined stockpile in the thousands.

They're the disasters that spawn an entire genre of TV shows and books - a supervolcano, a nuclear war, or a massive asteroid strike that leaves the Earth a barren and post-apocalyptic wasteland.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his young daughter took centre stage at a huge military parade, fueling speculation that she is being primed as a future leader of the isolated country as her father showed off his latest, largest nuclear missiles.

The team who worked on the successful recovery of a highly radioactive capsule lost on the side of a road by a mining company says there was never any doubt the tiny but dangerous item would be found.

The discovery of a tiny lost radioactive capsule beside a remote highway in Western Australia raises many questions - not least how it escaped layers of radiation-proof packaging loaded onto a moving truck.

The capsule was found two metres from the roadside on the Great Northern Highway by ANSTO's radiation detection equipment which was mounted to the back of a van.

The capsule was found along a remote strip of the Great Northern Highway, just two metres from the side of the road.

Russia is continuing to refuse inspections of its nuclear facilities, the Biden administration has claimed.

The disappearance of a tiny capsule of radioactive material in Western Australia has sparked fears of contamination causing serious health problems.

A radioactive capsule the size of a 10-cent coin is lost on a staggering 1200 kilometres of outback Western Australian highway.

WA's state's emergency department is conducting a search for the missing device using gauges to measure radiation along long stretch of freeway between Pilbara region and Perth.

Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in his new book reveals the frantic diplomacy to rein in tensions.

Russia has developed the first nuclear warheads for an advanced torpedo designed to trigger radioactive tsunamis against coastal targets, state media reported.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is calling for an "exponential increase" in his country's nuclear weapons arsenal in response to what he claims are threats from South Korea and the United States, Pyongyang's state media reported on Sunday.

North Korea says it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first spy satellite, a key military capability coveted by its leader Kim Jong Un along with other high-tech weapons systems.