Nuclear

Trump embraces Saudis, UN backs Gaza plan, but Israel faces harsh Middle East reality

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: A UN resolution and a Saudi spectacle hinted at movement in the region, but the Middle East has a way of bringing even the boldest plans back down to earth.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed interest in joining the Abraham Accords if Israel shows a clear path to a Palestinian state. Here, MBS meets with US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting in the White House earlier this week.
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi attends an interview with the Reuters team in Vienna, Austria, September 3, 2025.

IAEA steps up pressure on Iran, demanding access to Tehran's supply of 60% enriched uranium

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2025

Iran halts uranium enrichment, Saudi relations with Washington - November 17, 2025

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2025

Iran giving up on nuclear uranium enrichment shows Khamenei has gone off the deep end - analysis


UK to build its first mini nuclear power station in north Wales, angering Washington

The US had been pushing for US energy firm Westinghouse to lead a large-scale project in Wylfa, but Britain opted for the British-built SMR on the island in Wales.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Simon Bowen, Interim Chair for Great British Energy - Nuclear, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan during Starmer's visit to announce North Wales as the location for UK's first nuclear power station, November 13, 2025.

Rubio expresses concern West Bank violence could hurt Gaza peace efforts

Rubio's comments came after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Canada, where he also discussed the Gaza stabilization force, Saudi relations, Iran sanctions, Syria, as well as other topics.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to journalists at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport after the G7 foreign ministers meeting, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 12, 2025.

Trump's risky nuclear policy: 'Tepid legality' is preferable to 'maximum lethality' - opinion

Unless the United States and other states refuse to follow Donald Trump's incoherent policies, a nuclear war could rage until every sturdy flower of culture had been trampled.

DEFENSE SECRETARY Pete Hegseth receives a signed executive order from US President Donald Trump to rename the defense department as the Department of War, in September 2025.

Iran seeks ‘peaceful’ nuclear deal with US but vows no compromise on security

The United States, its European allies, and Israel accuse Tehran of using its nuclear program as a veil for efforts to try to develop the capability to produce weapons.

Iran's Saeed Khatibzadeh holds a press conference in Tehran on May 9, 2022.

IAEA inspectors visited Iranian nuclear sites last week, foreign ministry says

Since the war in June, the IAEA has carried out around a dozen inspections; however, they haven't been given access to the Nuclear sites bombed by the US.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, September 25, 2025.

A crumbling empire: Is the Iranian Revolution finally at an end? - opinion

The struggle between Israel and Iran is not over; it has merely entered a cautious waiting phase. Israel must ensure that Iran never returns to that path again.

IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a televised address in Tehran in September 2025.

Iranian FM decries US as a 'bully' risking int'l conflict after Trump resumes nuclear testing

Trump on Thursday ordered the US military to immediately restart the process for testing nuclear weapons after a halt of 33 years.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia June 23, 2025, in this still image taken from video.

Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons?

Russia held nuclear drills last week and has tested a nuclear-powered cruise missile and a nuclear-powered torpedo but has not tested a nuclear warhead

A mushroom cloud rises with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands in this 1946 handout provided by the US Library of Congress.

Trump asks Pentagon to immediately resume testing US nuclear weapons

US President Donald Trump instructed the Pentagon to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after Russian President Putin conducted tests of nuclear weapons this past week.

A mushroom cloud rises above Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands in 1946 handout provided by US Library of Congress; illustrative.

Russia tested new nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile

During the test on October 21, the missile was airborne for 15 hours and flew 14,000 km

Burevestnik cruise missile

Iran says it won't return to talks as long as US makes 'unreasonable demands'

Tehran and Washington engaged in five rounds of indirect nuclear negotiations that ended with the 12-day war in June, in which Israel and the US bombed Iranian nuclear sites.

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.