SEOUL—North Korea said Wednesday it has the capability to miniaturize a nuclear weapon shortly after announcing Pyongyang had canceled United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s planned visit there. Kim Jong Un’s recent provocative and withdrawn behavior is undermining any efforts toward reconciliation and further distancing Pyongyang from the international community. After planning a visit to the […]
WASHINGTON—This week could decide the fate of a bipartisan bill allowing the U.S. Congress to review and vote on any final nuclear accord with Iran. The Senate can either vote on the original bill, or allow amendments making additional demands of Iran, which would trigger a presidential veto and could doom the entire legislative effort. […]
Top Chinese nuclear experts have expanded their estimate of North Korea’s nuclear capability beyond previous U.S. estimates, making Pyongyang’s arsenal a potential regional security threat, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The paper quoted a respected U.S. nuclear expert on North Korea who warns, if true, it will complicate efforts to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. […]
Negotiators from Iran and a group of world powers will hold their next round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program next week in Vienna. The European Union announced the April 22 and 23 talks on Thursday. The two sides will be working on taking the framework agreement they crafted earlier this month and turning it […]