Nuclear Proliferation - Page 109

December 20, 2015

Firestorm erupts over GOP letter challenging Obama's power to approve Iran nuclear deal

A political firestorm erupted late Monday after an open letter from Republican senators to Iran's leaders challenged President Obama's ability to strike a permanent nuclear deal with Tehran.

December 20, 2015

As nuke deal deadline draws near, US and Iran hold 'intense' talks

As a deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran nears, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Saturday in what officials described as "at times intense" talks as part of the effort to flesh out a framework agreed in April.

December 20, 2015

Obama seeks to reassure Gulf leaders amid specter of Iran, possible nuclear race

President Obama will welcome leaders from six Persian Gulf nations to Camp David Thursday in an attempt to reassure them about their security amid the backdrop of a possible nuclear deal between the West and Iran, as well as reports that some Arab nations will try to match whatever enrichment regime Iran agrees to.

December 20, 2015

US diplomatic overture to N. Korea met with missile-firing

Just as the Obama administration was testing the possibility of new talks with North Korea, Pyongyang answered the overture with a fresh show of force -- test-firing a new ballistic missile from a submarine.

December 12, 2015

Iran parliament votes to limit inspections vital to nuclear deal, with deadline looming

Iran's parliament voted Sunday to oppose the inspections of government military sites as part of a pending, multi-nation agreement to curb the country’ nuclear program -- potentially complicating a final deal ahead of a June 30 deadline.

December 12, 2015

Kerry says no nuke deal yet with Iran, Israel PM criticizing plan to loosen sanctions

Israel remains defiant and outraged over talks between the international community and Iran over its nuclear program – talks that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls the ‘deal of the century’ for Tehran.

December 10, 2015

Iran satellite launches tied to ballistic missile program, UN experts say

EXCLUSIVE: Iran has launched a space satellite using  technology that could “contribute to” the development of a ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear weapons, according to a United Nations-appointed panel of experts monitoring the issue.

December 9, 2015

North Koreans mark major national holiday amid missile launch fears

Foreign governments have been struggling to assess how seriously to take North Korea's recent torrent of rhetoric -- including warnings of possible nuclear war -- as it expresses its anger over continuing U.S.-South Korea military maneuvers just across the border. 

December 3, 2015

As enrichment deal is struck, Iran exercises diplomatic clout in numerous UN agencies

Iran, already exulting about the “surrender” of the West in its nuclear enrichment negotiations,  may soon have another diplomatic victory to celebrate:  a  role in the election of the next executive director of the U.N.’s World Property Organization (WIPO), a which deals in the complexities of international copyright and technology transfer.

November 9, 2015

North Korea is a greater threat to our national security today than it was in 1988

Why isn't North Korea back on the state sponsors of terrorism list?