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July 2, 2024

Iran's rare runoff presidential election sees historically low voter turnout

Iranian voters say they are disenchanted ahead of the country's runoff presidential election on Friday. It is the second runoff vote since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979.

June 26, 2024

New report claims Iran regime using university to hide nuclear weapons development, avoid sanctions

The U.S. sanctioned a group tasked with nuclear weapons development to slow Iran's nuclear program, but officials allegedly reorganized resources and personnel to continue their work in hiding.

June 21, 2024

Putin's AI doctrine seeks semi-automated military as Moscow could look to China for help, expert says

Russia's urge to catch up to U.S. and China's AI dominance may cause it to take unnecessary risks, though current doctrine stresses the need to keep humans in the loop on decisions.

June 11, 2024

Russia, Belarus run second stage of tactical nuclear weapons drills in response to 'Western provocation'

Russia and Belarus have launched a second stage of drills to train their troops in tactical nuclear weapons as Russia tries to discourage the West from increasing support for Ukraine.

May 28, 2024

Iran increases uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, seeks to have sanctions lifted: watchdog

A previous warning said Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to make "several" nuclear bombs if it chose to do so, and the country continues increasing stockpile.

May 7, 2024

Republicans urge Biden to prevent French company from collaborating with Russian nuclear company

A letter to President Biden from two Republicans warned that waiving Russia sanctions would allow a French power company to work with Russia-owned nuclear company Rosatom.

May 6, 2024

Explainer: What are tactical nuclear weapons and why is Russia training with them now?

Russia announced its military would run drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, which are for use on the battlefield rather than for leveling cities, amid the ongoing Ukraine war.

April 24, 2024

Russia sinks space nuke ban at UN amid rumors of Putin's orbital weapon

The White House in February claimed that it had intelligence suggesting Russia was developing a space-based weapon that would destroy satellites and cause untold chaos.

April 23, 2024

North Korea issues nuclear 'warning signal' to US, South Korea

The Haekbangashoe system, known as the "nuclear trigger," oversees North Korea's military posture to respond to any nuclear attack, even though the country has approved pre-emptive strikes.

April 23, 2024

North Korea runs simulation nuclear counterstrike against foreign enemies

The North Korean military debuted its "nuclear trigger" system on Monday near Pyongyang, activating a simulated nuclear counterstrike launch against foreign enemies.