Nuclear Weapons

North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea on Sunday, its neighbours said, days after the UN’s nuclear watchdog warned that North Korea was making “very serious” advances in efforts to build nuclear weapons. The missiles fired from the North’s Sinpo area flew about 140 kilometres (87 miles)…

Russia is ready to take in Iran's enriched uranium as part of a future peace deal with the United States, the Kremlin said on Monday. Failed talks between Iran and the United States over the weekend dashed hopes of a swift deal to permanently end the war that has killed…

U.S. President Donald Trump tips a DoorDash delivery driver outside the Oval Office, April 13, 2026. Credit: The White House. ( Apr. 13, 2026 / JNS ) U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran had reached out seeking negotiations, as he spoke to reporters outside the Oval Office during…

After granting unconditional pardons to 1,500 people who participated in the 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack at the start of his presidency, Donald Trump has signalled there could be more to come. “I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval ,” the president reportedly said…

The United States and Iran ended a historic round of face-to-face talks early Sunday without reaching an agreement and the fate of the fragile, two-week ceasefire still unclear. Vice President JD Vance, who led the U.S. delegation during the 21 hours of talks in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, said negotiations finished…

AFP teams in Islamabad, Tehran and Washington AFP · 12 Apr, 2026 02:47 AM 5 mins to read United States Vice-President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran in Islamabad on April 12, 2026. Photo / Jacquelyn Martin, AFP United States Vice-President…

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar speaks with Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe on April 10, 2026. Credit: Israel Foreign Ministry. ( Apr. 11, 2026 / JNS ) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar spoke on Friday with his Rwandan counterpart, Olivier Nduhungirehe, and expressed the Jewish state’s solidarity with the African…

The neoconservative talk host tried to normalize the use of nuclear weapons and now appears irate that the president hasn’t taken his advice. The post Mark Levin Seems Upset We Haven’t Nuked Iran appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said all U.S. military assets deployed “in and around” Iran will remain in place until a “real agreement” is fully complied with, warning of a massive escalation if terms are violated. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said U.S. ships, aircraft and personnel…

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has spoken with her US counterpart, as Donald Trump faced condemnation after warning “a whole civilisation will die” if Iran failed to meet his deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The escalating crisis in the Middle East and apocalyptic rhetoric has seen the White House…