The Chicago-based nonprofit announced today the decision to advance its Doomsday Clock closer to midnight by 30 seconds. The clock is now two minutes to midnight, the symbolic hour of imminent doom.

Nuclear deterrence is no longer a two-player game, and emerging technologies further threaten the status quo. The result is a ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has issued a new warning that the nuclear "Doomsday Clock" is ticking closer to midnight, with "commonplace" talk of World War III.

As the Doomsday Clock edges ever closer to midnight, Russia is racing to pull the hands back by working to avert nuclear catastrophe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.