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Putin scraps plutonium disposal deal with 'unfriendly' US
Oct 03, 2016 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a halt to an agreement with the United States on weapons-grade plutonium disposal in retaliation for Washingt...
Lockheed gets $106 million Trident II missile contract modification
Oct 03, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin Space Systems has been awarded a $106 million U.S. Navy contract modification for Trident II D5 missile procurement and support. The fixed-price...
South Korean president urges N. Koreans to defect
Oct 01, 2016 (AFP)
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye called on North Koreans to abandon their country Saturday and defect, just a day after a soldier walked across the heavily ...
S. Korea probes death of Chinese fishermen in boat seizure
Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)
South Korea's Coast Guard said Friday it was investigating the death of three Chinese fishermen in a fire on their vessel after it was boarded by a coastguard p...
N. Korea soldier defects to S. Korea across border
Sep 29, 2016 (AFP)
A North Korean soldier walked across one of world's most heavily fortified borders on Thursday and defected to the South, military authorities said. The man cro...
Iran nuclear chief downplays Trump threat to deal
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
Iran's nuclear chief said Wednesday his "gut feeling" was that Donald Trump would not rip up last year's landmark atomic accord between major powers and the Isl...
No plans to change US nuke strike rules: Pentagon chief
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday the Pentagon has no plans to pursue a "no-first-use" nuclear weapons policy. His remarks at a nuclear research f...
US Air Force works to bring prestige back to nuke missile roles
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
Ask a "missileer" -- one of the key-keepers for America's nuclear bombs -- whether their first career choice was to spend days on end cocooned underground in a ...
China opposes US indictment of firm tied to N.Korea nukes
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
China said Tuesday it opposes a US decision to bring criminal charges against a Chinese firm and executives for their alleged role in supporting North Korea's n...
US has met its side of Iran nuclear deal: Moniz
Sep 26, 2016 (AFP)
US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, an architect of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, rejected Monday complaints from Tehran that Washington had not met its side of the...
Pentagon chief calls Russia out over 'nuclear saber-rattling'
Sep 26, 2016 (AFP)
Russia could be more willing to deploy nuclear weapons today than the Soviet Union ever was during the Cold War, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned Monda...
China's N. Korea coal imports surge despite sanctions: data
Sep 26, 2016 (AFP)
China's coal imports from North Korea have surged in recent months, government data showed Monday, raising questions about Beijing's commitment to international...
US hits Chinese firm with sanctions over N. Korea trade
Sep 26, 2016 (AFP)
The United States moved to tighten the economic noose around North Korea Monday, charging and sanctioning a firm owned by a prominent Chinese businesswoman for ...
US Air Force set to replace intercontinental nuke arsenal
Sep 25, 2016 (AFP)
Hidden underground in steel-and-concrete silos across rural America, more than 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles point to the skies, poised for launch -- ...
N. Korea air show thumbs nose at sanctions
Sep 24, 2016 (AFP)
Just weeks after carrying out its fifth nuclear test, North Korea put on an unprecedented civilian and military air force display Saturday at the country's firs...
Japan PM seeks Cuba's help amid N. Korea nuclear 'provocations'
Sep 23, 2016 (AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe concluded a visit to Cuba Friday with condemnation of North Korea's nuclear "provocations" and a request for help from Pyongy...
Rouhani uses UN to hit US over nuclear deal
Sep 23, 2016 (AFP)
Iran used the UN General Assembly on Thursday to accuse the United States of failing to meet its commitments under a historic nuclear deal. President Hassan Rou...
UN court to decide Marshall Islands case against 3 nuclear powers
Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)
The United Nations' top court announced Thursday that it will render its decision early next month in the case the Marshall Islands has brought against India, P...
US bomber lands in S. Korea as Japan demands action on North
Sep 21, 2016 (AFP)
An American strategic bomber landed in South Korea on Wednesday in a show of force the US said was aimed at reminding Pyongyang of its powerful military assets ...
Japan PM demands world find 'new means' to stop N. Korea
Sep 21, 2016 (AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday demanded that the world find a new way to halt the threat from North Korea after the long-sanctioned regime's nu...
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