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Washington, June 20 (IANS) The International Space Station (ISS) has successfully evaded orbital debris coming from a Russian anti-satellite weapons test,

A piece of Russian space junk forced the International Space Station to steer clear to avoid a chance encounter with orbital debris on Thursday (June 16).

Russia launched the military operation in Ukraine in February, as Kievs troops intensified their attacks on Donbass. President Vladimir Putin stressed that... 16.06.2022, Sputnik International

Putin has been building military bases, opening sea routes and drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic for years - but is expected to rely more heavily on the region thanks to stalled war in Ukraine.

Biden on Wednesday announced he was sending another one billion dollars in military support to Ukraine, after its leaders pleaded for more ammunition to help fight off the Russian invasion.

Global nuclear arsenals are expected to rise in coming years.

The world’s nuclear-armed nations are set to boost their arsenals in the next decade, even as the number of such weapons fell last year, a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said. “All of the nuclear-armed states are increasing or upgrading their arsenals, and most are sharpening nuclear rhetoric,” SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Program director Wilfred Wan said in a statement yesterday. That development could reverse a decades-long trend of reduced...

Experts at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) warned the global stockpile of nuclear weapons could rise again for the first time since the Cold War.

Pro-Kremlin television host Olga Skabeyeva said "its time for Russia to roll out something," appearing to float the idea of missiles.

Here’s a still-unfolding, existential timeline on whether world leaders and experts think Putin will start a nuclear war in Ukraine.