Nuclear Weapons

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi laid out Iran's demands and its reservations about U.S. positions on Saturday as Islamabad hosted a new push to end a war that has killed thousands and roiled global markets. Though details ​of the talks were scant, Araqchi met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif…

President Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump has ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran, a notable pullback after months of increasingly alarming threats that had raised fears of a wider Middle East conflict. “No, I wouldn’t use it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday when asked…

Updated 20 April 2026 at 20:42 IST Offering some optimism in the second round of delegation-level talks between Iran and the US, Trump said, “And if Iran’s new leaders (Regime Change!) are smart, Iran can have a great and prosperous future! President DJT.” Israel Never Talked Me Into War, Says…

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…