”nuclear weapons” News

US says it cannot accept NKorea as nuclear arms state

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States emphasized Tuesday it would not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state , saying that disbanding the hardline communist state's atomic arms program was critical.
07 2 2008 5:34PM (...more)

UN atomic agency approves text on nuclear-weapons-free Mideast

VIENNA (AFP) - The UN atomic agency passed a non-binding resolution Thursday calling for a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East , with Israel and the United States voting against and EU members abstaining.
09 21 2007 3:18AM (...more)

U.S. says nuclear nations nearing deal on India trade

VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday 45 nations were making headway towards agreement on lifting a ban on nuclear trade with India after Washington reworked a draft for the move to ease proliferation fears.
09 5 2008 5:38PM (...more)

UN panel OKs resolution on nuclear alert

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly's disarmament committee approved a resolution Thursday calling for all nuclear weapons to be taken off high alert, despite objections from the United States, Britain and France .
11 2 2007 1:13PM (...more)

US: Report increases Iran concerns

VIENNA, Austria - The chief U.S. delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency said evidence described by the nuclear watchdog Thursday increased concerns that Iran had tried to make nuclear weapons .
05 31 2008 5:53AM (...more)

Obama Scores High on Nuclear Disarmament Agenda

WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (05 21 2009 8:29AM (...more)

Bush administration dogged by NKorea-Syria nuclear links

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Divisions have appeared again in US President George W. Bush's administration over a North Korean nuclear disarmament deal amid leaked US intelligence citing alleged atomic links between the Stalinist state and Syria .
09 16 2007 11:10AM (...more)

Nuclear states mull U.S.-India deal again, clock ticks

VIENNA (Reuters) - Forty-five nations meet on Thursday to try to bridge differences over a move to lift a ban on nuclear trade with India , needed to seal a U.S.-Indian atomic deal but seen by some as a threat to non-proliferation.
09 12 2008 6:24PM (...more)

Nuclear states mull U.S.-India deal again, clock ticks

VIENNA (Reuters) - Forty-five nations meet on Thursday to try to bridge differences over a move to lift a ban on nuclear trade with India , needed to seal a U.S.-Indian atomic deal but seen by some as a threat to non-proliferation.
09 5 2008 2:35AM (...more)

U.S. says nuclear states nearing deal on India trade

VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday nuclear supplier nations were making progress towards agreement on lifting a ban on trade with India , after Washington revised a proposal for the move to meet a raft of objections.
09 12 2008 4:58AM (...more)