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122 Nations Adopt First Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons
More than 120 countries approved the first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons Friday at a UN meeting boycotted by all nuclear-armed nations. To loud applause, Elayne Whyte Gomez, president of the UN conference that has been negotiating the legally binding treaty,...Caption:
A United Nations logo is seen on a glass door in the Assembly Building at the United Nations headquarters in New York City September 18, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Majority of UN States Agree on Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons
Nearly two-thirds of United Nations states agreed on Friday to a treaty to ban nuclear weapons after months of talks, which were boycotted by the United States, Britain, France and others who instead pledged commitment to a decades-old Non-Proliferation Treaty. The...Caption:
People watch a TV broadcasting of a news report on North Korea’s missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, April 29, 2017. (Reuters)
Pyongyang’s Washington-Defying Missile Launch Fails
Seoul – In what seemed like a response to the United States’ earlier call to deal with the threat of North Korea’s nuclear program with more sanctions, Pyongyang launched on Saturday a failed ballistic missile test-firing. South Korea’s Defense Ministry noted...Caption:
Pyongyang, North Korea, April 17, 2017. Credit Damir Sagolj/Reuters