NUKE WARS

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North Korea tells Japan satellite launch as soon as Wednesday
Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)
North Korea's previous efforts to put a spy satellite into orbit in May and August both failed, and Seoul, Tokyo and Washington have repeatedly warned Pyongyang...
S. Korea warns N. Korea to scrap spy satellite launch plans
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
North Korea is preparing to launch a spy satellite for the third time, after failing twice this year to put a military eye in the sky. Earlier this month, Seoul...
Pro-Iranian Iraq militia labels US sanctions 'ridiculous'; US strikes kill 2 in Syria
Nov 19, 2023 (AFP)
American forces deployed in those two countries have been attacked more than 55 times since mid-October, according to the Pentagon, coinciding with US ally Isra...
France says successfully tests ballistic missile
Nov 18, 2023 (AFP)
The French defence ministry said the launch took place from a site in the Landes region in southwestern France. The missile was tracked throughout its flight ph...
IAEA decries Iran's inspector exclusion as 'unjustified'
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
Iran in September withdrew the accreditation of several inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The measure is the latest to raise tensions...
North Korea condemns G7 statement on nuke programme
Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)
In a statement issued last week, the top diplomats of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain, the United States and the European Union reiterated their ...
U.S. mounts 'defensive' airstrikes against Iranian training, weapons sites in Syria
Nov 13, 2023 (UPI)
The precision airstrikes on Sunday targeted a training facility near Abu Kamal and a safe house near Mayadin on the Euphrates River, both of which were used by ...
S. Korea, US revise deterrence agreement to counter North Korea
Nov 13, 2023 (AFP)
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is in Seoul for an annual security meeting with his South Korean counterpart Shin Won-sik, as the allies ramp up their defe...
Blinken: U.S. concerned over 'growing and dangerous' Russia-North Korea connection
Nov 09, 2023 (UPI)
Blinken met with his counterpart, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, on Thursday in Seoul and said the two discussed North Korea's provocations and missile...
North Korea may turn to Russia to expand nuclear arsenal, U.S. expert warns
Nov 07, 2023 (UPI)
"The recent linkup of Russia and North Korea is really serious and significant," Siegfried Hecker, the former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, said a...
US calls to avoid 'hateful rhetoric' after Israeli suggests nuclear 'option'
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Sunday suspended Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu from government meetings until further notice, saying that Isra...
US, China hold rare talks on nuclear arms control
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
The talks -- the first meeting specifically on nuclear arms between the two powers since president Barack Obama's administration -- come as the United States vo...
Russia test fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Nov 05, 2023 (AFP)
The launch of the "Bulava" missile, the first in just over a year, comes as Russia ramps up nuclear rhetoric since revoking its ratification of a key nuclear te...
N. Korea creates new holiday to mark ICBM test launch
Nov 05, 2023 (AFP)
On November 18, 2022, Pyongyang carried out what is believed to be the first full flight test of the Hwasong-17 -- dubbed the "monster missile" by analysts. The...
Israel minister reprimanded over Gaza nuclear 'option' comment
Nov 05, 2023 (AFP)
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu was also suspended from government meetings "until further notice", Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said, stressing...
Russia says intends to continue nuclear test moratorium
Nov 03, 2023 (AFP)
"We intend to keep the moratorium that was introduced more than 30 years ago in place," said a ministry statement. But any nuclear tests by the United States wo...
Minuteman III Test Launch Aborted Mid-Flight, Investigation Underway
Nov 02, 2023 (SPX)
Anomalies can occur due to a wide range of factors, such as issues related to the launch platform or the testing equipment itself. A comprehensive review is ess...
North Korean ex-diplomat: embassy closures show closer ties with Russia, China
Nov 02, 2023 (UPI)
North Korea has recently closed embassies in Spain, Angola and Uganda, while a report in Japanese media claims that the isolated regime plans to shutter a dozen...
Putin revokes Russia's ratification of nuclear test ban treaty
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
The 1996 treaty outlaws all nuclear explosions, including live tests of nuclear weapons, though it never came into force because some key countries -- including...
Blinken deplores Russia 'significant step in wrong direction' on nuclear ban
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
"Unfortunately, it represents a significant step in the wrong direction, taking us further from, not closer to, entry into force" of the treaty, Blinken said in...
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