North Korea reaffirms nuclear program is non-negotiable
- 29-Sep-2025
North Korea will never give up its nuclear program, the country’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, describing it as “tantamount to demanding it to surrender sovereignty and right to existence.” It was the first time North Korea had dispatched an official from Pyongyang to address the […]
Putin offers Trump one-year extension to nuclear weapons treaty
- 23-Sep-2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday offered to voluntarily maintain the limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons set in the 2010 New START accord after it expires in February if the U.S. agreed to do the same. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Putin’s proposal sounded “pretty good,” but she added that U.S. President […]
Iran enacts law suspending cooperation with IAEA
- 02-Jul-2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian put into effect on Wednesday a law passed by parliament last week to suspend cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, Iranian state media reported. Iran has threatened to halt cooperation with the IAEA, accusing it of siding with Western countries and providing a justification for Israel’s air strikes, which began a […]
US strikes against Iran not aimed at regime change, Pentagon chief says
- 22-Jun-2025
WASHINGTON, June 22: The U.S. military’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites were not a preamble to plans for regime change, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, adding that private messages had been sent to Tehran encouraging them to negotiate. Still, Hegseth warned Iran against following through with past threats of retaliation against the […]
Trump’s nuclear energy orders would boost uranium prices, investments
- 27-May-2025
President Donald Trump’s latest orders seeking to revitalize the U.S. nuclear energy industry could pull the uranium market out of its current lull and boost investor interest, industry experts said. Spot uranium prices have fallen about 30% from peaks hit in 2023 as institutional investors pulled out, spooked by recession fears and geopolitical instability. The […]
India, Pakistan were ‘very close’ to a nuclear war: Trump
- 17-May-2025
WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump claimed that Pakistan and India were very close to a nuclear war, calling the ceasefire agreement between the two nuclear-armed nations one of his “bigger successes.” Speaking to Fox News during his visit to the Middle East, Trump discussed his role in mediating a ceasefire between Pakistan and India, […]
India seeks private nuclear power investments
- 20-Feb-2024
India will invite private firms to invest about $26 billion in its nuclear energy sector to increase the amount of electricity from sources that don’t produce carbon dioxide emissions, two government sources told Reuters. This is the first time New Delhi is pursuing private investment in nuclear power, a non-carbon-emitting energy source that contributes less […]
What is the space-based nuclear weapon US says Russia is developing?
- 15-Feb-2024
What is the space-based nuclear weapon that the United States has warned Congress and allies in Europe that Russia could use against the West’s satellites? The exact nature of the weapon – and whether it actually exists – is unclear. But threatening satellites could cause all sorts of mischief – undermining communications, surveillance, intelligence and […]
Russia loads missile with nuclear-capable glide vehicle into launch silo
- 16-Nov-2023
Russia’s rocket forces loaded an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with the nuclear-capable “Avangard” hypersonic glide vehicle into a launch silo in southern Russia, according to a defence ministry TV channel broadcast on Thursday. President Vladimir Putin announced the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle in 2018, saying it was a response to U.S. development of a new […]
Pakistan angered over Israeli minister’s Gaza ‘nuclear option’ comment
- 06-Nov-2023
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday expressed anger over an Israeli minister’s remarks wherein he suggested dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza amid conflict with Hamas, ARY News reported. Amichay Eliyahu, an ultranationalist politician part of Netnayahu’s ruling coalition, told Israel’s Kol Barama radio that he was not entirely satisfied with the scale of Israel’s retaliation in […]