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An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there's no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal.
Brazil's vice president says in an interview published Friday that his country should develop nuclear weapons. Other officials stressed that his comments were not government policy.
President Barack Obama says the U.S. and China have a shared interest in halting the spread of nuclear weapons.
Preparing for a July summit on the issue with his Russian counterpart, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it is "absolutely imperative" that the United States take the lead in reducing the spread of nuclear weapons.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged nations to seize on recent momentum in nuclear disarmament talks, saying they had a historic opportunity to make the world a safer place.
The Pentagon is starting work on a nuclear mission statement that envisions the U.S. maintaining its atomic weapons stockpile for the next five to 10 years, a far more cautious stance than President Barack Obama's dream of a nuclear-free future.
Watchdog groups want the U.S. to reduce its nuclear weapons complex to just three sites as a step toward the nuclear arms-free world that President Barack Obama envisioned in a speech days ago in Prague.
Russia insisted Friday its nuclear arsenal is secure, angrily rejecting U.S. allegations that tens of thousands of aging Soviet weapons may not be fully accounted for.
The Energy Department moved ahead Thursday on further restricting the nation's most dangerous nuclear material, part of a plan to scale back and modernize management of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.
The United States has withdrawn its nuclear weapons from Britain more than 50 years after it first deployed atomic bombs there, a watchdog group says.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain called Tuesday for talks with China to negotiate a temporary halt to production of nuclear weapons-grade material and with Russia on a new treaty to destroy more nuclear weapons.
President Bush has approved "a significant reduction" in the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, cutting it to less than one-quarter its size at the end of the Cold War, the White House said Tuesday.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, who chastised rival Barack Obama for ruling out the use of nuclear weapons in the war on terror, did just that when asked about Iran a year ago.
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday he would not use nuclear weapons "in any circumstance" to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, drawing criticism from Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democratic rivals.
Japan has the technological know-how to produce a nuclear weapon but has no immediate plans to do so, the foreign minister said Thursday, several weeks after communist North Korea carried out a nuclear test.
Obama: New Sanctions on Iran Are Forthcoming"President Obama said that within the next few weeks, the United States and other world powers would be formulating new sanctions on Iran.
Resolution to reduce nuclear arms and fight hunger gaining support Four more members of the House of Representatives joined the coalition supporting the Global Security Priorities Resolution. Seeking to promote nuclear ...
Inspectors Fear Iran Is Hiding Nuclear PlantsWASHINGTON — International inspectors who gained access to Iran's newly revealed underground nuclear enrichment plant voiced strong suspicions in a report on Monday that the country was concealing other atomic facilities.
O's F on IranWhen it comes to Iran, President Obama hasn't made it to the top of his learning curve yet. Despite Tehran's readily apparent games-playing in talks over its nuclear program, the president continues to hold out hope for a deal — any deal — with the Islamic Republic.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: "Qum" Buy YaIn other words, the Qum nuclear facility appears to be the smoking gun in Iran's secret nuclear weapons construction program.
Using Russian nuclear missiles to generate electricityWhat's powering your home appliances? For about 10 percent of electricity in the United States, it's fuel from dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones.
U.S. Pressing to Shore Up Security for Pakistan's Nuclear WeaponsWashington has been negotiating secret, "highly sensitive understandings" to "provide added security for the Pakistani arsenal in case of a crisis," investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports.
Biggest Counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history: Feds Seize N.Y. skyscraper, 4 mosques linked to Iran - Atlas ShrugsDoes b. Hussein know? The action against the Shiite Muslim mosques is sure to inflame relations between the U.S. government and American Muslims .... Breaking news: Feds move to seize N.Y. skyscraper, 4 mosques
Pakistan's A.Q. Khan Cites Official Support for Advancing Iran's Nuclear Program - washingtonpost.comThe creator of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program boasted in a recent television interview that he and other senior Pakistani officials, eager to see Iran develop nuclear weapons, years ago guided that country to a proven network of suppliers and helped advance its covert efforts …
US Urges North Korea Not to Escalate Tensions in Yellow SeaWashington has urged North Korea not to escalate tensions in the Yellow Sea following a naval skirmish between the North and South Korean navies Tuesday. More Articles
Korean Navies Trade Fire in First Incident in Seven YearsNorth and South Korean naval vessels exchanged fire in disputed waters off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday, leaving one North Korean vessel engulfed in flames, South Korean officials said. More Articles
Power for U.S. From Russia's Old Nuclear Weapons What's powering your home appliances? For about 10 percent of electricity in the United States, it's fuel from dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones.
IAEA report: Iran tested "breathtaking' advanced nuclear warhead design The very existence of the technology, known as a "two-point implosion" device, is officially secret in both the US and Britain, but according to previously unpublished documentation in a dossier compiled by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian scientists may hav …
Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design: secret reportThe UN's nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian has learned.
Mossad hacked Syrian Official's Computer before bombing mysterious nuclear facilityAgents of Israel's Mossad intelligence service hacked into the computer of a senior Syrian government official a year before Israel bombed a facility in Syria in 2007, according to Der Spiegel.
Israel Navy Captures Arms ShipJERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli naval commandos seized an arms ship Wednesday near Cyprus that was carrying missiles and anti-tank weapons from Iran to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, defense officials said.
Angela Merkel first German Chancellor to address US Congress in 5o years - presses lawmakers for climate change actionGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel was afforded a rare honor Tuesday as she addressed a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. In her speech to U.S.
Iran's Khamenei rejects U.S. outreach, warns against talks - washingtonpost.comTEHRAN -- Iran's supreme leader, spurning what he described as several personal overtures from President Obama, warned Tuesday that negotiating with United States was "naive and perverted" and said Iranian politicians should not be "deceived" into starting such talks.
British nuclear expert's death not a suicide; pushed from 17th floor of UN building; Iran connection? A British nuclear expert who fell from the 17th floor of a United Nations building did not commit suicide and may have been hurled to his death, says a doctor who carried out a second post-mortem examination.
Turkish PM says West treating Iran unfairlyLONDON - Turkey's prime minister accused Western powers of treating Iran unfairly over its peaceful nuclear program, in an interview Monday in which he referred to the Iranian president as a friend.
Physicists: Former Los Alamos scientist no spyScientists familiar with the work of a former Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear physicist whose house was searched by the FBI said he is not a spy.
How Ike Can Help Obama's No Nukes QuestJust over half-way into his presidency, Barack Obama has already seen North Korea detonate a nuclear bomb and continue its missile testing. But Obama is not the first president to receive nuclear shocks so soon after taking office.
Both Iran and West Fear a Trap on Uranium DealJust before international inspectors on Sunday were guided for the first time into an Iranian nuclear enrichment plant whose existence was a state secret until recently, the speaker of Iran's Parliament warned his countrymen to beware of American efforts to "cheat" Iran out …
Representative Pete Hoekstra: Form Red Team on Iran nuclear weapons program"Those who are claiming to have experienced an epiphany on the dangers of Iran's nuclear weapons program due to the Qom revelation and the secret IAEA report need to admit that this information is just as serious as the dozen or so other revelations that have surfaced about the …
ElBaradei's ruse helps Iran keep on enriching uranium for a nukeDr. ElBaradei Mohammed ElBaradei, about to retire as director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, pulled a rabbit out of his hat Wednesday, Oct. 21 to save the Vienna talks with Iran on the future of its enriched uranium from breaking down on its third day.
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