{"id":203686,"date":"2016-04-02T09:59:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T09:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=203686"},"modified":"2016-04-02T09:59:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T09:59:47","slug":"us-president-obama-warns-nuclear-terrorist-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/04\/us-president-obama-warns-nuclear-terrorist-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"US President Obama warns of nuclear terrorist attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
The threat from terrorists trying to launch a nuclear attack that would “change our world” is real, President Barack Obama has said.<\/p>\n
The world has taken “concrete” steps to prevent nuclear terrorism, he told the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.<\/p>\n
But the so-called Islamic State (IS) obtaining a nuclear weapon is “one of the greatest threats to global security,” he added.<\/p>\n
More than 50 nations were represented at the summit.<\/p>\n
World leaders convening in Washington for the summit expressed concern about North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme and Russia’s lack of attendance.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama expressed concern that Russia has been building up its military at the expense of nuclear arms reductions.<\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to attend the summit, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan cancelled his trip after the deadly bombing in Lahore. Both countries are nuclear-armed.<\/p>\n