US rejects NKorea demand for nuclear statusNorth Korea insisted on Tuesday that it be recognised as a nuclear weapons state, a demand the United States promptly dismissed as "neither realistic nor acceptable". After weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula, inclu More… |
NKorea ‘will not give up nuclear arms’North Korea reiterated on Saturday that it would not give up its nuclear weapons, rejecting a US condition for talks although it said it was willing to discuss disarmament. North Korea, in a sign of a possible end to weeks of heig More… |
Bahrain show to promote culture of peaceBahrain is set to become the first country in the Middle East to host an exhibition that promotes peace and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, a report said. The exhibition, titled From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of More… |
Tehran 'a threat to security' says Bahrain ministerIran is on a collision course with the region and must be stopped from developing nuclear weapons, Bahrain's Foreign Minister told delegates at a major security forum in Manama yesterday. Speaking during the Manama Dialogue at More… |
Mideast nuclear arms talks ‘not next month’The mid-December conference on banning nuclear weapons in the Middle East will not take place, the US State Department said, without making clear when, or whether, it would take place. Earlier this month, diplomats told Reuters th More… |
Iran seeks to boost nuclear work: DiplomatsIran is believed to be carrying out preparations to expand nuclear activity deep inside a mountain, diplomats say, in a further sign of defiance in the face of intensifying Western pressure to curb its sensitive uranium enrichment drive. More… |
Iran aims to ‘get to brink of nuclear arms’The US believes Iran intends to get to the brink of a nuclear arms capability so it could make them if it wished, a senior US official said. However, Robert Einhorn, the US State Department's senior adviser for nonproliferation and arm More… |
Iran aims to ‘get to brink of nuclear arms’The US believes Iran intends to get to the brink of a nuclear arms capability so it could make them if it wished, a senior US official said. However, Robert Einhorn, the US State Department's senior adviser for nonproliferation and arm More… |
Iran 'could make nuclear weapon in 1-2 years'Iran may be able to make a nuclear weapon in as little as one or two years if it chose to do so, an influential think-tank said on Thursday. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said in a report that evidence showed "be More… |
Iran 'close to nuclear weapons'Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Iran was moving closer to having the potential to create nuclear weapons. 'Iran is moving closer to possessing the potential which in principle could be used for the creation of nuclear weapo More… |








