Eighty years ago this week, the world truly changed. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, followed three days later by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

HIROSHIMA, Japan – Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing ...

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...

The expiration of the New START treaty last week -- long the framework limiting both nations to 1,550 warheads in 700 ...

Atomic bombs and nuclear reactor accidents can all be very deadly, but why is Chernobyl still a ghost town after all these years in comparison to Hiroshima and Nagasaki where people live like nothing ...

The end of the pact could unleash a new arms race between the world’s top nuclear powers. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Japanese survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings say the expiry of the New START Treaty risks a new nuclear arms race.

Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed, as sabre-rattling between the United States and Russia keeps the ...

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A man stands next to a tiled fireplace where a house once stood in Hiroshima, Japan, Sept. 7, 1945 (AP photo by Stanley Troutman). Eighty years ago this week, the world truly changed. The United ...