The Japanese city, on which America dropped the first atomic bomb near the end of World War II, is commemorating the ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago in Hiroshima, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, ...

Explore the causes, strategy, and aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Understand ...

On Aug. 9, 1945, the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, about 260 miles southwest of Hiroshima. That bomb, known ...

The U.S. used the first-ever atomic weapon of war on August 6, 1945. The effects are still being felt around the world, ...

Eighty years on, the devastation of Hiroshima in Japan still echoes as a painful reminder of the lives lost and the lasting ...

Yoshito Matsushige’s photographs Hiroshima’s destruction are among the most harrowing visual records of the nuclear age.

The following is the full text of a message from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, delivered on the 80th anniversary ...

On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and three days later, dropped another one on Nagasaki.

Americans are divided between support and opposition for the US decision to drop an atomic bomb during World War II.

Ceremonies mark the anniversary of the atom bomb being dropped on Hiroshima, while survivors were awarded the Nobel Peace ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural ...