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The Russian State Duma has unanimously resolved to rescind Russia’s ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The bill will now be sent to the upper chamber and then to President Vladimir Putin, who is expected to sign it into law.  Russian lawmakers and media figures have called for the country to carry out nuclear tests, and even launch strikes against European cities, since the start of the war in Ukraine.

During 2022, the nine nuclear-weapon states have continued to invest in modernizing their arsenals and have increased globally the number of "operational"

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Director Christopher Wray has named Robert R. Wells as the assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says all nine nuclear-armed countries are increasing or upgrading their arsenals for first time since end of Cold War

Global nuclear stockpiles set to rise as tensions increase, says watchdog

The decline in nuclear weapon stockpiles seen since the Cold War is most likely coming to an end, an international arms research group said in a new report that noted the war in Ukraine as a factor.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says the world's nuclear arsenal is expected to grow in the coming decades due to modernization programs by the nine nuclear-powered states -- Russia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.

The nine nuclear-armed states, including the United States and Russia, are likely to grow and modernize their arsenal of warheads and to be more vocal about it in the coming decade in what is seen as a "worrying trend," an influential think tank says in its latest annual study.