Nuclear Weapons

The United States warned on Saturday it was “more than capable” of resuming war with Iran after President Donald Trump said any peace deal must adhere to his red lines. Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images The US warned it is “more than capable” of resuming war with Iran, as President Trump insists…

The United States warned on Saturday it was "more than capable" of resuming its war with Iran after President Donald Trump said any peace deal must adhere to his red lines, including Tehran never being able to develop nuclear weapons. The White House had signaled Trump was close to a…

The Trump administration’s plan to offer plutonium from dismantled Cold War–era nuclear weapons to private energy companies is drawing criticism from experts who say it makes little economic sense and presents a national security threat. There are currently no operational nuclear reactors in the country that are built to use…

Hundreds of diplomats from almost every country just met for four weeks at United Nations headquarters in New York to review the most comprehensive nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the world. And they agreed to absolutely nothing. After thousands of interventions, working papers, statements, national reports, side events, preparatory conferences, closed-door…

US President Donald Trump said he has postponed a planned military strike on Iran after requests from the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. | Photo Credit: Jonathan Ernst US President Donald Trump has said he was holding up fresh strikes at Iran at the request of Qatar,…

May 18 - Belarus said on Monday its armed forces had begun training exercises involving Russian nuclear weapons, in a move that drew strong condemnation from Ukraine. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko agreed in 2023 - a year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine - to host Russian tactical nuclear missiles. Russian…

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club dinner in honor of Police Week in the White House Rose Garden, May 11, 2026. Credit: Molly Riley/White House. ( May 16, 2026 / JNS ) Tehran’s erratic conduct in negotiations with Washington demonstrates why the Islamic Republic cannot possess nuclear…

Left-wing Democratic lawmakers have called on the United States to break its silence on Israel's suspected nuclear weapons program, shattering a decades-long bipartisan reticence in Washington on the sensitive issue. Israel is widely believed to have developed nuclear weapons in the 1960s but keeps a deliberately ambiguous policy by neither…

North Korea's U.N. envoy said Thursday that Pyongyang is not bound by the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. In this photo, North Korea shows off an ICBM at a military parade in Pyongyang in October. File Photo by KCNA/EPA SEOUL, May 7 (UPI) -- North Korea is not bound by the global…

Last Updated: May 06, 2026, 22:50 IST Donald Trump says Iran wants a deal with the US at any cost, calls current tensions a skirmish, claims control of regional waters, vows Iran will never get nuclear weapons. US President Donald Trump. (Reuters Image) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signalled…