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N. Korea Warns US-South Korea War Games Driving Toward Nuclear Conflict

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) attend the security council meeting on nonproliferation of North Korea next to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (L) at United Nations on April 28, 2017 in New York City.

8 in 10 Americans Fear Nuclear War as Trump Says US 'Locked and Loaded'

Jon Queally, staff writer

New poll results released Friday, provided exclusively to Axios , show that more than 8 in 10 Americans are fearful of nuclear war breaking out between the United States and North Korea. And why shouldn't people be afraid? Early Friday morning, the president said the U.S. military is "locked and loaded" regarding North Korea. Military solutions...

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'Negotiate, Don't Escalate': Demands for Peace as Nuclear Threat Looms

Jake Johnson, staff writer

John Mecklin, editor-in-chief of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists—the organization that created the "Doomsday Clock"—denounced Trump's remarks as "about the stupidest and most dangerous statement I have ever heard an American president make.

Following the " terrifying " exchange of threats between U.S. President Donald...

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Sane Voices Urge Diplomacy After 'Lunatic' Trump Threatens 'Fire and Fury'

Julia Conley, staff writer

"That this threat comes between the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of...

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The city of Hiroshima, Japan on Sunday marked the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. dropping of the atomic bomb with a call to rid the world of "the absolute evil that is nuclear weapons."

Because 'This Hell Is Not a Thing of the Past,' Hiroshima Makes Plea for Nuclear Weapons-Free World

The UN Security Council unanimously voted to impose sanctions on North Korea Saturday, in an effort to deter the country from continuing its nuclear development.

UN Imposes Sanctions In Hopes of Deterring North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions

As 75 Percent of Americans Fear 'Major War' Under Trump, Most Favor Diplomacy

Trump Is Endangering Nuclear Deal, Says Iranian Foreign Minister

US a No-Show as Historic Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Adopted

'Scary as Hell': Trump Response to North Korea Sparks Fear of Escalation

Emergency Declared After Tunnel Collapse at Toxic Hanford Nuke Site

Nuclear Experts Team Up to Advise World Leaders on Avoiding Nuclear War

Nearly 500K People Urge Congress to "Take Away Trump's Nuclear Football"

Tillerson Puts Preemptive Strike Against North Korea 'On the Table'

Amid Renewed Nuclear Worries, Dozens of Classified Bomb Test Videos Made Public

Mar-A-Lago Diners Get Front Row Seat to Trump's Nuclear Crisis

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National Iranian-American Council

NIAC: ‘Trump’s Violations of the Iran Deal Begets Unfortunate But Predictable Iranian Response’

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Peace delegation to US embassy:

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

It's Nagasaki Day - Is This How Donald Trump Wishes to Remember It?...

Global Zero

Global Zero Statement on North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Peace Action

PEACE ACTION: 72 Years After the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, Nuclear Weapons Still a Top Threat to Humanity

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons Adopted

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