NUKE WARS - RUSSO DAILY

Kim Jong-Il ordered uranium bombs: reports

Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)

The late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il ordered his scientists to produce "a massive amount" of uranium bombs, according to internal regime documents, reports ...

S. Korea's Lee raps cabinet on bungled pact with Japan

Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak rebuked his cabinet Monday for mishandling the signing of a landmark military pact with former colonial power Japan, but sa...

Sanctions-hit Iran readies ballistic missile drill

Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)

Iran on Monday said it was readying ballistic missile war games simulating a counter-attack against US or Israeli targets in the region in the event of air stri...

Iran accuses world powers of dragging feet in talks

Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)

Iran accused world powers on Tuesday of dragging their feet in negotiations over its nuclear activities, as both sides were about to hold a new, downgraded roun...

Britain urges Iran to cooperate with world powers

Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)

Britain on Sunday urged Iran to cooperate with the international community after the EU slapped an oil embargo on Tehran designed to turn up the heat on the reg...

Iran shrugs off EU oil embargo

Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)

A European Union embargo on Iranian oil went into effect on Sunday, provoking anger in Tehran which says the measure will hurt talks with world powers over its ...

Pyongyang parade's fake missiles and smuggled Mercedes: UN

Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea may have put fake versions of a new missile on display at a major military parade this year, UN sanctions experts said in a report. And the allegedl...

S. Korea, Japan postpone landmark military pact

Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea Friday postponed at the last minute the signing of a landmark military agreement with Japan, amid anger in Seoul over the planned pact with a former...

Iranians face increasing squeeze as sanctions bite

Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)

Leila is getting pretty good at playing Angry Birds on her imported iPhone. Sitting behind her desk in an idle travel agency in central Tehran, she often has no...

US exempts China, Singapore from Iran sanctions

Jun 28, 2012 (AFP)

The United States on Thursday exempted China and Singapore from sanctions over purchases of oil from Iran hours before a deadline, saying that major economies w...

S. Korea, Japan to sign landmark military pact Friday

Jun 28, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea and Japan will sign a landmark military agreement Friday, officials said, despite controversy over what would be the first such accord since Tokyo's...

Britain warns 'intensified' Iran sanctions

Jun 28, 2012 (UPI)

Britain will seek "intensified sanctions" against Iran if talks over its nuclear program don't show more progress, British Foreign Secretary William Hague says....

Kenya plot: Fears Iran widening covert war

Jun 28, 2012 (UPI)

The recent arrest of two Iranians in Kenya on suspicion of plotting bomb attacks has heightened fears that Tehran is widening its covert war against Israel and ...

Commentary: Iran's nuclear static

Jun 27, 2012 (UPI)

"Why Iran Should Get the Bomb" was the provocative headline on the cover of the summer issue of Foreign Affairs, the flagship magazine of the prestigious Counci...

New EU sanctions will hurt nuclear talks: Iran

Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)

New EU sanctions to come into effect against Iran on Sunday will hurt negotiations over the country's nuclear programme, foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman...

S. Korea to build navy base on frontline island

Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea's navy is to build an advance base on a frontline island to bolster defences near the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea, officials said Tu...

EU says Iran oil embargo will be enforced July 1

Jun 25, 2012 (AFP)

The European Union confirmed Monday that a ban on oil imports from Iran will go ahead as planned on July 1 due to the lack of progress in talks on Tehran's cont...

N. Korea raps war games flag 'provocation'

Jun 25, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea has denounced the use of its national flag as a target during US-South Korean war games as a "grave provocative act" and vowed to strengthen its nuc...

Who dares wins: New ideas needed in Iran nuke deadlock

Jun 24, 2012 (AFP)

World powers negotiating with a defiant Iran over its nuclear programme need to risk more and get more "creative" if they want to break a deadlock that threaten...

S.Korea, US launch major naval exercise

Jun 23, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea and the United States on Saturday launched a massive naval exercise in the tense Yellow Sea, ahead of the 62nd anniversary Monday of the outbreak of...