Nuclear Weapons

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…

Just 90 minutes before President Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline to wipe out “a whole civilization” with massive strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure and bridges, he granted a two-week extension for diplomacy to continue. Read More

Last Updated: April 06, 2026, 09:40 IST Trump said Iranian negotiators have been granted “immunity from death” and claimed Tehran has effectively conceded on not acquiring nuclear weapons. US President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a televised address (File photo/AFP) US President Donald Trump said Iranian negotiators have been…

If there’s anything that makes people more uncomfortable than highly advanced AI or nuclear weapons technology, it’s the combination of the two. But there’s been a symbiotic relationship between cutting-edge computing and America’s nuclear weapons program since the very beginning. In the fall of 1943, Nicholas Metropolis and Richard Feynman,…

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A Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday laid bare concerns in both parties about alarming advances in Russian and Chinese missiles, nuclear weapons and antisatellite capabilities. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the committee’s chairman, said at the hearing that these dangers are advancing by “leaps and bounds.” Sen. Jack Reed of…