December 13, 2016 Iran, angered by US sanctions bill, considers atomic boats Iran's president on Tuesday ordered officials to draw up plans to build nuclear-powered ships and to show how the United States violated last year's nuclear deal, a response to a vote by the US Congress to extend some sanctions on the country.
November 10, 2016 Iran violates limit established in nuclear deal, UN finds Iran violated one of the terms of its nuclear deal signed with six world powers by exceeding a limit on its heavy water stockpile, according to a report from United Nations monitors on Wednesday -- the same day the rogue nation demanded the U.S. stick to the deal, no matter what.
October 25, 2016 Getting North Korea to give up nukes a 'lost cause,' US intel chief says National Intelligence director James Clapper said Tuesday that the U.S. goal of persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons is probably a "lost cause" and the best hope is to cap its capability.
September 17, 2016 Powell says Israel has 200 nukes pointed at Iran in leaked 2015 email In a private email exchange last year leaked this week by hackers, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Israel's nuclear weapons capability with a friend, saying the country has 200 warheads.
September 1, 2016 US-led nuke negotiators allowed inspections loopholes for Iran, think tank says The U.S. and world powers had a secret deal with Iran to allow the Islamic Republic to dodge restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear deal, according to a new report from a Washington think tank.
August 15, 2016 Russia building new underground nuclear command posts Russia is building large numbers of underground nuclear command bunkers in the latest sign Moscow is moving ahead with a major strategic forces modernization program.
July 26, 2016 Kerry says North Korea should follow in the footsteps of Iran, end nuclear arms North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons — when the world is trying to rid itself of them — is "very provocative deeply concerning," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday and warned that there will be consequences if it does not stop.
May 27, 2016 Obama calls for reduction of nuclear stockpiles in historic Hiroshima visit President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. President to visit Hiroshima, Japan Friday, where he was to deliver remarks focusing on world peace and nuclear disarmament in the place where the first of two atomic bomb blasts accelerated the end of World War II.
May 23, 2016 Sens. Cotton and Lankford: Why the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is still a bad idea The Senate rejected the deeply defective Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1999, and the case against ratification today is stronger than it was then.
May 18, 2016 Trump says he would negotiate with North Korean dictator about nukes Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would be willing to negotiate with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in an effort to curtail the Communist country's nuclear weapons program.