Nukes

Jun. 13, 2026, 4:59 PM EDT The emerging agreement with Iran that President Donald Trump is touting does not appear to achieve several of the key goals he stated at the outset of the military conflict over three months ago. For one, it’s unclear whether the president’s core objective of…

Democracy Dies in Darkness In the United Arab Emirates, there is a growing sense that the U.S.-Israeli war has taught Tehran how to menace its adversaries even without developing a nuclear bomb. June 12, 2026 Brookfield Place at the Dubai International Financial Centre on June 10. (Katarina Premfors for The…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2026. Photo by Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images. (June 11, 2026 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the Jewish state would not…

Opinion James Titcomb June 8, 2026 — 5:15pm After the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the edge of nuclear war, global powers embarked on a concerted effort to pull it back from the brink. The non-proliferation treaty of 1968, which limited the spread of nuclear weapons, has been…

Opinion James Titcomb June 8, 2026 — 3:15pm After the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the edge of nuclear war, global powers embarked on a concerted effort to pull it back from the brink. The non-proliferation treaty of 1968, which limited the spread of nuclear weapons, has been…

The Americans were closing in, the situation was getting more dangerous by the minute — and President Xi Jinping was waiting for my recommendation. The standoff began in May, when the US announced a package of anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles to Taiwan that would significantly upgrade the island’s ability to…

Any temporary peace agreement between the United States and Iran must be followed by deeper talks about Tehran’s nuclear stockpiles, missiles, and other critical issues, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said. Speaking at a news conference in Islamabad on June 1, Kallas, the EU high representative for foreign…

This is the latest horror threat from one of Putin's closest allies. 07:34, Sun, May 31, 2026 Updated: 15:25, Sun, May 31, 2026 Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev are close allies (Image: Getty) Russia has chillingly threatened direct missile strikes on nuclear power plants in the West and Ukraine. The…

ENVIRONMENT As Wildfire Season Picks Up, Remembering the Lessons from Jasper’s Devastation The extreme conditions that produced the historic inferno are becoming more common WORDS AND PHOTOS BY JESSE WINTER Published 6:30, MAY 30, 2026 Trees with their bark stripped away by wildfire stand in the Athabasca Valley of Jasper…

Updated 29 May 2026 at 21:10 IST In the statement posted on Truth Social, Trump declared that Iran “must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb.” He further insisted on the full and immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz “with no tolls, for unrestricted shipping…