Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world's nine nuclear-armed states are upgrading and expanding their arsenals, accelerating an arms race that is creating "new ...

Kenya became Africa's second-largest importer of major arms in 2025, reflecting the country's growing investment in national security amid rising regional instability and modernisation of its defence ...

India's military spending rose by 8.9% to $92.1 billion in 2025, making it the fifth-largest military spender. Global military spending reached $2,887 billion, driven by conflicts and geopolitical ...

India's nuclear arsenal expands to 190 warheads, focusing on longer-range capabilities amid ongoing tensions with China and Pakistan.

The nine nuclear-armed nations in the world continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals amid growing reliance on them as deterrence in 2023, a fresh report issued on June 17 by a Swedish think tank ...

STOCKHOLM — The world's biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services last year as demand was fed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well ...

India has slightly expanded its nuclear arsenal and, for the first time, may have deployed a number of nuclear warheads, according to the latest Stockholm International Peace Rese ...

It is estimated that there are 12,121 nuclear weapons in the world, 9,585 of which are in military stocks and ready for deployment. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s ...

SIPRI described the May 2025 cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan as an "unusually severe military crisis" involving the two nuclear-armed neighbours. (File photo) India now has 190 ...

Nuclear states walking away from disarmament commitments amid heightened escalation dangers, leading institute warns.