At the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings, Catholic peace groups gathered in Washington, DC, to remember the victims, support survivors and call for an end to nuclear weapons.

This article contains descriptions of nuclear weapons effects, including disturbing accounts of the victims. On August 6, ...

Helfand’s International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, the same year the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was passed at the UN, much due ...

Survivors’ voices and new memorials mark the grim milestone. “This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a human issue,” says Dr. Ira Helfand—as global stockpiles grow for the first time since the Cold War.

Takashi Nagai was a medical doctor and atomic bomb survivor. But it was his radical conversion to Christ that started a new ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of President Harry Truman’s fateful decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (respectively, Aug. 6 and 9, 1945). To date, ...

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The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the United States atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing mem ...

The 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has reignited the debate around nuclear weaponization and the ...

On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, President Truman deserves credit for the first use of the ...

Ceremonies were held on Saturday to honor the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

World War II ended 80 years ago when Japan surrendered after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Here's how ...