NUKE WARS

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Dropping weapons treaty would let US update its nuclear arsenal
Feb 03, 2019 (AFP)
President Donald Trump announced Friday the US was suspending its obligations under the INF treaty as of Saturday and starting a process to withdraw in six mont...
Trump sees 'good chance' of deals with N.Korea, China
Feb 03, 2019 (AFP)
Interviewed on CBS's "Face the Nation," Trump said the date and venue of his upcoming second summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un had been agreed -- and would ...
Iran warns Europe not to force 'strategic leap' on missile range
Feb 03, 2019 (AFP)
"If the Europeans, or anyone else, want to conspire to disarm Iran of missiles, we will be forced to make a strategic leap," the guards' deputy commander Brigad...
Russia suspends nuclear missile treaty in tit-for-tat with US
Feb 02, 2019 (AFP)
In a high-stakes tit-for-tat with US President Donald Trump, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said: "Our American partners have announced they are suspending their...
US seeks full account of N.Korea weapons, offers ties
Feb 01, 2019 (AFP)
Trump is set to hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in around a month and said Thursday that he would announce the exact date and venue ea...
US bolts Cold War missile treaty as Russia warns of arms race
Feb 01, 2019 (AFP)
Washington says a new Russian medium-range missile system breaches the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, although US officials also have an eye on China...
Europe frets about arms race as Germany says missile treaty dead
Feb 01, 2019 (AFP)
A US deadline for Russia to come back into compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty expires on Saturday but Secretary of State Mike Po...
NATO 'fully' supports US withdrawal from missile treaty
Feb 01, 2019 (AFP)
"Allies fully support this action," the North Atlantic alliance said in a statement. NATO issued the statement in the name of its council of member states short...
Lockheed awarded $559.6M for Trident II D5 missiles, system support
Jan 31, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers Trident II D5 missile production for the U.S. and U.K. navies, both of which carry the mi...
US-NKorea summit details to be announced next week: Trump
Jan 31, 2019 (AFP)
"We're going to announce it very soon. We'll be announcing early next week and they very much want the meeting," Trump told reporters in the White House. "I thi...
Facebook takes down vast Iran-led manipulation campaign
Jan 31, 2019 (AFP)
The world's biggest social network said it removed 783 pages, groups and accounts "for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior tied to Iran." The pages wer...
Democratic White House hopeful Warren offers law barring first use of nukes
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
Warren, together with House legislator Adam Smith, submitted the No First Use Act to codify what they said most Americans support, that the United States should...
US calls for Russian, Chinese nuclear transparency
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
A senior US official made the remarks as the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- all of them nuclear-armed powers -- met in Beijing for talks o...
Iran's Rouhani tells critics: blame 'oath-breaker' US
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
"One should not condemn the government or the great Islamic system instead of America -- this is the greatest damage that can be done," he said on state TV. Har...
8 Iran environmentalists accused of 'spying' appear in court
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
"The environmentalists were summoned to the court," Mohammad-Hossein Aghasi, a representative of the accused, told IRNA. Aghasi, however, was not present in cou...
N.Korea 'unlikely' to give up all nuclear weapons: US intel chief
Jan 29, 2019 (AFP)
"We continue to assess that North Korea is unlikely to give up all of its nuclear weapons and production capabilities, even as it seeks to negotiate partial den...
Iran still adhering to nuclear deal: CIA chief
Jan 29, 2019 (AFP)
"At the moment technically they are in compliance" with they Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Haspel told the Senate Intelligence Committee. "I think...
Sanctions, peace deal on cards for new US-NKorea summit
Jan 27, 2019 (AFP)
After the historic handshake between the US president and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June, Washington policymakers are adamant on the need ...
Japanese Catholics urge Pope to send anti-nuclear message
Jan 27, 2019 (AFP)
The Argentine pontiff said last Wednesday that he would visit Japan in November, becoming the first pope do so since John Paul II nearly 40 years ago. During hi...
Iran accuses France of 'destabilising' region
Jan 26, 2019 (AFP)
"The Islamic republic has always called for the strengthening of peace and stability in the region," the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement released o...
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