It was 80 years ago on July 16 that a mysterious flash of light and a massive explosion rumbled in the New Mexico desert.

Ogura can still remember that terrible morning in August, 80 years ago. Her older brother, who later died of cancer from ...

A few days later, on August 9, 1945, Bockscar flew over Nagasaki and dropped another atom bomb, Fat Man. The devastation ...

Nature suffers too. After the blast, a huge firestorm can start, fed by strong winds. It can burn for hours, using up all the ...

Cristina Alivio shares the harrowing testimony of Katsuko Kuwamoto, a six-year-old survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing in 1945. Kuwamoto's account reveals the unimaginable suffering, hunger, ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin ended his four-day trip to Japan on Friday with a visit to Hiroshima, meeting a survivor of the ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said it has been "an honour" to visit Hiroshima. He told Japanese journalists: "I'm here first ...

When the US warplane dropped a 4,400kg atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and 43 seconds later it detonated 600 metres above the city, ...