Nuclear Weapons

Under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to abandon its nuclear programme, Iran has “vowed” to protect its nuclear stockpile. At the same time, former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei disapproved of the use of nuclear weapons on religious grounds. How does Iran reconcile the two positions? The Treaty on…

Conferences, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Nuclear Disarmament Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, at a press conference on the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the…

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…