In a dangerous and conflicting move, 47 Republicans in the U.S. Senate penned a letter to the leaders of Iran undermining the President’s role in nuclear negotiations with that country on Monday. Authored by Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton, the letter was signed by 46 other Republicans warning Iranian leaders that while the president could negotiate […]
BEIJING—North Korea on Thursday threatened to carry out a fresh nuclear test in response to a U.N. committee’s condemnation of Pyongyang’s alleged human rights abuses. In a statement Thursday, the North’s foreign ministry said Pyongyang will be “unable to refrain any longer” from conducting a fourth nuclear test after the United Nations moved to bring […]
Iran is heading into a new round of nuclear negotiations with the United States and Europe on Tuesday with new-found confidence from President Hassan Rouhani that a settlement “can be achieved” by next month. Rouhani said in a televised address late Monday that “the world is tired” and wants a resolution to the diplomatic stand-off […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. forces are conducting large-scale nuclear “deter and detect” drills this week, just days after Russia conducted similar military exercises simulating retaliatory strikes to a hypothetical U.S. or NATO nuclear attack. Their timing— during the tense standoff over Ukraine —combined with Cold-War-era rhetoric coming out of Moscow, have raised fears of a new nuclear arms race between […]