Nukes

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. With the world struggling to get oil supplies moving from the Middle East, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich raised eyebrows with a social media post highlighting a radical idea: Use nuclear bombs to…

The aim of Tehran's decades-long pursuit of a nuclear bomb was always twofold -- the mullahs wanted to threaten Israel, but they also wanted to warn the U.S. and the rest of the world that attacking Iran would come at a cost no adversary would be willing to bear...Read More

This handout photo provided by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official website Sepah News on April 5, 2026 shows smoke billowing reportedly from the site of targeted and crashed aircraft in central Iran. Photo by – / SEPAH NEWS / AFP A former director of the United Nations nuclear watchdog…

A former director of the United Nations nuclear watchdog urged Gulf nations on Saturday to prevent Donald Trump from turning the region into "a ball of fire" after the US president's latest threat to Tehran. "To the Gulf governments: Please, once again, do everything in your power before this madman…

The White House has proposed a record $1.5 trillion defence budget for fiscal 2027, marking a sharp increase amid the ongoing Iran conflict. | Photo Credit: KYLIE COOPER/REUTERS The White House is seeking approximately USD 1.5 trillion for defence as part of a fiscal 2027 budget request, a proposal that…

Into the second month of the US-Iran war, the conflict in the Gulf continues to escalate—airstrikes widening, oil markets reacting, and pressure mounting around the Strait of Hormuz. But beyond the immediate security and economic concerns, another question is quietly taking shape: What actually happens if a nuclear site is…

By AMICHAI STEIN, TZVI JASPER MARCH 31, 2026 18:13 Updated: MARCH 31, 2026 21:36 Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles are deeply buried in a way that would make them difficult to raid, US President Donald Trump told CBS News on Tuesday. "I don't even think about it. I just know that,…

Not long after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Kevin Chalker set out to become a spy. He was a thirty-year-old graduate student at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, in Washington, D.C., and he and his wife, Young, had a newborn son. She thought that this…

Last Updated: March 28, 2026, 04:48 IST A 60-year-old man was identified as the deceased after Iran fired ballistic missiles at Tel Aviv on Friday evening, after Israeli strikes on Tehran's nuclear sites. Rapid Read Summarized by AI. + Iran missile strike on Tel Aviv kills 1, injures 2 Israeli…

By ELEANOR MANN and SOPHIA STANFORD, NEWS REPORTER and FRANCINE WOLFISZ, NEWS REPORTER and KELLY GARINO, US REPORTER Updated: 06:29 BST, 28 March 2026 Missiles have been fired on Tel Aviv, where there are reports of one death emerging as well as extensive damage in 11 locations where shrapnel has…