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A photo of the 1971 Licorne nuclear test, which was carried out in French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: CTBTO Opinion by John Burroughs (San Francisco, USA) Thursday February 12, 2026 Inter-Press Office SAN FRANCISCO, US, Feb 12 (IPS) – The latest agreement limiting the US and Russia’s strategic nuclear arsenals, New START, expired […]
“Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue” (CA+JAD). Credit: The Office of the Prime Minister of Japan Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri (Tokyo, Japan) Monday December 22, 2025 Inter-Press Office TOKYO, Japan, Dec 22 (IPS) – The leaders of Japan and the five Central Asian states met in Tokyo on December 20 and approved the “Tokyo Declaration”, launching […]
The first Soviet nuclear test Joe 1 in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, August 29, 1949. Credit: CTBTO Opinion by John Burroughs (San Francisco, USA) Tuesday December 2, 2025 Inter-Press Office SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Dec 2 (IPS) – In a Truth Social post that reverberated around the world, President Donald Trump wrote on October 29: “Because of other […]
CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert Floyd addresses staff, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria, 2023. Credit: CTBTO Preparatory Commission by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday November 12, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) – The US took another step backward – breaking ranks with the United Nations – when it voted against a draft resolution […]
The USSR’s first nuclear test “Joe 1” in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, August 29, 1949. Credit: CTBTO by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday October 31, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – The ongoing aftermath of nuclear testing by the world’s nuclear powers has had a devastating impact on hundreds and thousands of victims around […]
Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri (Tokyo) Friday October 10, 2025 Inter-Press Office TOKYO, Oct 10 (IPS) – The cinema hall of Tokyo’s Toda Peace Memorial Hall fell silent as the Kazakh filmmaker and human rights activist Aigerim Seitenova stepped forward in a black T-shirt and green skirt to introduce her 31-minute documentary, “Jara – Radioactive Patriarchy: […]
A nuclear test is performed on an island in Frans Polynesia in 1971. Credit: the extensive Nuclear-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) By Thalif Deen (United Nations)) Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Inter Press Service United Nations, September 30 (IPS) – Is the unpredictable Trump administration playing with the idea of resuming nuclear tests? The New York Times […]
