As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end of World War II, the planet is closer to seeing them used again than it has been in decades,

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence.

HIROSHIMA: Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday (Aug 6) with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed, as sabre-rattling between the