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December 20, 2015

Kerry: Any Iran nuclear deal will be 'failsafe'

Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that any deal negotiated with Iran will be "failsafe" and will guarantee that Tehran will not have the capacity to develop nuclear weapons.

December 20, 2015

US general: North Korea may have nuke missile expertise

North Korea may be capable of fielding a nuclear-armed missile that could reach U.S. soil, but because it has not tested such a weapon the odds of it being effective are "pretty darn low," the commander of U.S. forces in South Korea said Friday.

December 20, 2015

US stands firm on Iran deadline

U.S. officials said they weren’t seeking to extend nuclear negotiations with Iran beyond a Nov. 24 deadline, as Secretary of State John Kerry met with his Iranian counterpart on Wednesday.

December 20, 2015

Rouhani ties Iran cooperation on Mideast violence to nuke deal

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday sought to leverage the crisis in the Middle East to ease sanctions on his country as part of nuclear talks, suggesting during a United Nations address that security cooperation between Iran and other nations could only occur if they struck a favorable nuclear deal.

December 20, 2015

US sanctions firms, individuals for aiding Iran

The United States on Friday sanctioned more than 25 businesses, banks and individuals suspected of working to expand Iran's nuclear program, support terrorism and help Iran evade U.S. and international sanctions.

December 20, 2015

Iran nuke talks likely to be extended past July 20

Iran and six world powers have tentatively decided to adjourn their nuclear talks early but plan to extend them past the July 20 target date for a deal, diplomats said Wednesday.

December 20, 2015

Iranian cleric: ‘Having a nuclear bomb is necessary to put down Israel’

A top Iranian lawmaker and cleric said that the country’s uranium enrichment program could allow it to build a nuclear weapon “in two weeks” in order to “put down Israel,” according to multiple reports in the Farsi language press.

December 20, 2015

Russia plans nuclear summit boycott

Russia has informed the United States that it will boycott the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, diplomats told The Associated Press on Tuesday, potentially stripping the meeting of one of its key participants and hurting efforts initiated by President Obama to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism.

December 20, 2015

Congress funds Army’s hypersonic missile after Chinese strike vehicle test

Congress approved funding last week for the Pentagon’s advanced hypersonic missile program and expressed concerns over China’s recent test of an ultra high-speed strike vehicle designed to deliver nuclear warheads through U.S. missile defenses.

December 5, 2015

Iran has tripled installations of high-tech machines at nuclear plants, diplomats say

Technicians upgrading Iran's main uranium enrichment facility have tripled their installations of high-tech machines that could be used in a nuclear weapons program to more than 600 in the last three months, diplomats said Wednesday.