China has said it adheres to its international obligations on nuclear weapons after U.S. President Donald Trump said Beijing is one of several powers that have conducted secret testing of them. Why it Matters Last week, Trump announced on social media that he had ordered the Department of Defense to immediately begin testing nuclear weapons, as Russia…
Just as nuclear war, in all its sheer insanity, has returned to Hollywood and public attention, the leaders of the world’s two atomic superpowers seem to be doing their best to make the jitters worse. First, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who’s been breaking nuclear taboos for at least three years, boasted about a (new-ish) torpedo…
Tehran rebukes US plans for nuclear tests, citing hypocrisy over peaceful nuclear programme accusations. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned calls by United States President Donald Trump for the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, calling the move both “regressive” and irresponsible”. “Having rebranded its ‘Department of Defense’ as the ‘Department of War,’ a…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump’s comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington’s rivals have been conducting their own atomic tests and expanding their arsenals. Nuclear weapons policy, once thought to be…
The United States will share nuclear-powered submarine technology with South Korea, President Donald Trump said Thursday, announcing the move on social media after meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. Lee told Trump during their Wednesday meeting that Seoul’s goal was to modernize its alliance with Washington, noting plans to boost defense spending to…
U.S. President Donald Trump shrugged off Russia’s test of its nuclear-capable Burevestnik missile, which the Kremlin said had flown for more than 8,000 miles, and said Russian President Vladimir Putin should be focused on ending his war in Ukraine instead. On Sunday, Putin hailed the country’s “unique” nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile after the military carried out…
About 1,400 workers will be cut from the agency, which is responsible for overseeing the US nuclear weapons stockpile. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced that it will furlough about 1,400 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) starting next week due to the ongoing shutdown of the US government….
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday that the restoration of U.N. sanctions against Iran was an illegal action, driven by European powers that deepened the crisis over the country’s nuclear program. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the reimposition of sanctions was the result of “manipulation” by Britain, Germany and France. “Accordingly, the results… are…
Tehran, Iran – After about a decade, Iran is once more subject to United Nations sanctions as the West piles pressure on Tehran, despite opposition from Russia and China. The sanctions were automatically reinstated at midnight GMT on Sunday after the European signatories of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal invoked the “snapback” mechanism of the landmark…
United States President Donald Trump has told the United Nations General Assembly that Israel’s war on Gaza must stop immediately as he called the recent recognition of Palestinian statehood by several Western countries a “reward” for Hamas. “We have to stop the war in Gaza immediately,” Trump told world leaders in New York on Tuesday,…