South Korean President Yun Suk-yeol announced today that he is offering Pyongyang a major aid package in exchange for denuclearization, an offer long rejected by North Korea. Calling denuclearization “essential” to a lasting peace on the peninsula, Yun presented his offer, which includes food, energy, and aid to modernize infrastructure such as ports, airports and […]
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Trump Claims ‘The Nuclear Weapons Issue Is A Hoax’
Former US President Donald Trump has claimed in a social media post that “the nuclear weapons thing is a hoax”, reacting to a Washington Post report that FBI agents sought to retrieve documents from linked to nuclear weapons when they searched his Florida residence earlier this week. It is unclear whether the documents were found […]
Iran: EU proposal to revive nuclear deal could be ‘acceptable’
The European Union’s proposal to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal “may be acceptable if it provides assurances” on Tehran’s key demands, state news agency IRNA reported today, citing a senior Iranian diplomat. The EU announced on Monday that it had proposed a “final” text after four days of indirect talks between US and Iranian officials […]
The UN pledges to fully support efforts to denuclearize Pyongyang
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Seoul for meetings with South Korean leaders, said today that he fully supports efforts to fully denuclearize North Korea. “I would like to take this opportunity to express my unequivocal support for the complete, credible and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, particularly North Korea, and to […]
USA – Iran: Now or never for the ‘nuclear’ agreement, after the presentation of the European plan
The US and Iran have a few weeks to decide whether they want to revive the 2015 deal on Tehran’s nuclear program, as European Union diplomats unveiled their final draft, which includes a major expansion of Iranian oil exports to international markets. in exchange for the return of the Iranians to the provisions of the […]
Iran nuclear program: European Union submits ‘a final text’
The European Union, the coordinator of the Vienna negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, has submitted “a final text”, a senior European official said today, hoping for a deal “within a few weeks”. “We worked for four days and today the text is on the table of high-ranking representatives,” he told reporters on condition of anonymity. […]
Retired British general: If Putin faces defeat in Ukraine, he will resort to nuclear weapons
LAST UPDATE: 11:29 Retired British general Sir Richard Barrons, in an article in the Sunday Times, warns the West that if Russian President Vladimir Putin is faced with a scenario of defeat in Ukraine, he will resort to the use of nuclear weapons. Barrons emphasizes that Putin hoped for a quick and overwhelming victory, the […]
Taking advantage of US ‘silence’, China is following Russia’s lead in weapons of mass destruction
Of Craig Hooper As the Biden administration prepares to unveil a sharply revised and more Russia-focused national security strategy in the coming weeks, it’s no secret that the process of shaping America’s national security strategy has stalled. America’s strategic challenges are multifaceted, the formulation process is bureaucratically painful, and by the time America’s new grand […]
UN Secretary-General warns humanity against nuclear weapons on Hiroshima anniversary
Bells rang in Hiroshima today to mark the 77th anniversary of the dropping of the world’s first atomic bomb, with the UN secretary-general and other officials sounding the alarm over a new arms race following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 and, shortly after, Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin raised the possibility […]
Iran – ‘nuclear’ deal: Europeans call on Tehran not to make unrealistic demands
European countries participating in the negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program (Britain, France and Germany/E3) are calling on Iran “not to make unrealistic demands outside the framework” of the 2015 deal, in a statement today. The remarks come a day after talks on Iran’s nuclear program resumed in Vienna, as Tehran calls for an International Atomic […]