Nuclear weapons

Forty years after nuclear disaster, Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant is haunted by war

An employee measures a radiation level next to the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor, under the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Trump keeps talking about Iran’s ‘nuclear dust’. What is it?

A satellite image of the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordow after US attacks. Iranians consider the plant to be their best-protected and most advanced nuclear enrichment plant.

Trump says US will not use nuclear weapon in Iran war

US President Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23.

NATO criticises Russian and Chinese nuclear stances, urges cooperation with US

FILE PHOTO: A NATO flag flutters at the Tapa military base, Estonia April 30, 2023. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

Trump says recovering Iran uranium ‘will be a long and difficult process’

US President Donald Trump regularly uses the term “nuclear dust” to refer to Iran’s stock of enriched uranium.

South Korean President Lee denies US intel leak on North Korea’s nuclear site

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter inspecting the test-fire of a ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea on April 19.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw ballistic missile tests, state media says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter Ju Ae, oversees test launches on April 19.

Trump is urged to act on Iranian site feared impervious to airstrikes

Little is known about Pickaxe Mountain but in 2025, satellite images revealed that Iran had advanced construction at the site soon after US forces disabled the country’s three main nuclear facilities in June.

Trump says will bring Iran uranium ‘back home to the USA’

US President Donald Trump sounded increasingly upbeat on April 17 about the chances of a peace deal with Iran.

US to recover uranium from Iran at a ‘leisurely pace’, Trump tells Reuters

US President Donald Trump speaking to reporters outside the White House on April 16.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.