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Nuclear restraint: Why arms race is accelerating

Old treaties are fraying, new powers are rising, and cooperation is fading

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As international commitment to restraining nuclear powers declines, major states continue to modernise and expand their arsenals amid the fragility of international structures tasked with protecting the world from nuclear threats.

4 Indian students injured in stabbing at Russian hostel

Indian Embassy rushes to help students after stabbing at Ufa dormitory

Teen knife attack in Russia leaves Indian students and police officers hurt

Russia military intelligence deputy chief shot

Attacker, posing as delivery person, shot general twice in stairway of apartment building

Investigators leave a high-rise residential building, the scene of an assassination attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, in Moscow on February 6, 2026.

Hopeful signs emerge from trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi

Sheikh Abdullah highlights trust, dialogue and growing momentum for a political settlement

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of UAE and Minister of Foreign Affairs

US-Russia military contacts resume in Abu Dhabi

Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap unfolds alongside renewed US-Russia military talks in UAE

Russian servicemen with Russian national flags react in a bus after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange of a group of servicemen between Russia and Ukraine at an undisclosed location in Belarus, on Thursday, February 5, 2026..

US-Russia nuclear treaty expires, arms race fears rise

With nuclear limits gone, experts warn of rapid buildups and rising global risks

An Air Force technician inspecting an LGM-30G Minuteman III missile inside a silo about 60 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base, in North Dakota. A RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives across Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2025.. The last nuclear treaty between Russia and the United States expired on February 5, 2026, abruptly ending decades of restrictions on how many warheads the two top powers can deploy and triggering fears of a global arms race.

Russia: Talks with US, Ukraine in UAE were constructive

US security agreement for Ukraine is 100% ready to be signed: Zelensky

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner talk to each other prior to a meeting with Russia's President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.

UAE President receives Russian President’s Envoy

Kirill Dmitriev conveys Putin’s greetings and thanks UAE for hosting trilateral dialogue

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev.

Trilateral Ukraine talks conclude in Abu Dhabi

US, Russia and Ukraine delegates meet as UAE pushes for peace and dialogue

His Highness President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan receives the heads of delegations participating in the UAE-hosted trilateral talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine, at Al Shati Palace.

UAE president meets US, Russia and Ukraine delegations

Trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi aim to advance diplomatic solutions to Ukraine crisis

His Highness President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan receives the heads of delegations participating in the UAE-hosted trilateral talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine, at Al Shati Palace.

Russia demands Donbas region ahead of Abu Dhabi talks

Zelensky says territory remains key issue and would be on the agenda for the talks

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin welcomes US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.

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