”nuclear weapons” News

US, NKorea to meet in New York to break nuclear impasse

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States and North Korea are to meet in New York Friday to break an impasse over efforts to end the hardline communist state's nuclear weapons program , the State Department said.
08 23 2008 10:27AM (...more)

US, NKorea hold talks to break nuclear impasse

NEW YORK (AFP) - The United States and North Korea held talks Friday to break a deadlock over measures to verify Pyongyang 's nuclear weapons program that could pave the way for removing the hardline communist state from a terrorism blacklist.
08 23 2008 8:18AM (...more)

Russia ends plutonium output at key weapons plant

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has closed down the final reactorof a plutonium production plant on Thursday as part of a dealwith the United States to cut the risk of atomic materials fromCold-War-era bomb feeding nuclear proliferation .
06 6 2008 5:14AM (...more)

US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran , Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said.
05 16 2008 11:39AM (...more)

Pakistan hits out at UN nuclear chief

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan rejected the UN nuclear chief's criticism of its atomic weapons safety, saying its arsenal would not fall into the hands of extremists and chastising his "irresponsible" remarks.
01 10 2008 2:04AM (...more)

NKorea vows to bolster 'war deterrence'

SEOUL(AFP) - North Korea , which missed a year's end deadline to declare its nuclear programmes, vowed Friday to build its "war deterrence," accusing the United States of stepping up preparations for an attack.
01 4 2008 7:19PM (...more)

Bahamas ratifies nuclear test ban treaty

VIENNA (Reuters) - The Bahamas has ratified theComprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty , raising to 141 thenumber of full member states, the Vienna-based agency thatadministers the pact said on Tuesday.
11 28 2007 5:11AM (...more)

U.S. Downplays Iran Nuke Threat

The U.S. intelligence community on Monday threw some cold water on the much-heated debate over Iran 's alleged efforts to develop nuclear weapons. Iran, it turns out, may not be actively working on getting nuclear weapons--or, at least, may be years
12 5 2007 4:37AM (...more)

Unclear if Iran seeks nuclear arms: US intelligence

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US intelligence community said Monday that Iran appears "less determined to develop nuclear weapons" than the US government has been claiming for the past two years.
12 4 2007 6:21AM (...more)

Obama-led UN council backs broad nuclear agenda

UNITED NATIONS – With President Barack Obama presiding , the U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously endorsed a sweeping strategy
09 25 2009 7:41AM (...more)