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Nuclear weapons

News analysis

US and Iran slide towards conflict as military build-up eclipses talks

US is building up one of its biggest military deployments in the region since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
US is building up one of its biggest military deployments in the region since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Trump’s Iran ultimatum sets stage for strike during UN nuclear watchdog meeting

IAEA inspectors are facing pressure as the Iran stand-off sharpens ahead of a board vote in Vienna.
IAEA inspectors are facing pressure as the Iran stand-off sharpens ahead of a board vote in Vienna.

US removing guard rails from proposed Saudi nuclear deal, document says

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Saudi flags flutter along a highway of Riyadh, as pictured through the glass of a car, ahead of the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Saudi flags flutter along a highway of Riyadh, as pictured through the glass of a car, ahead of the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/ File Photo

Georgia arrests two foreigners trying to purchase uranium

North Korea flexes nuclear-capable rocket launcher ahead of key congress

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over the completion ceremony of a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of troops who died in overseas military operations, state media KCNA said, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, February 16, 2026.  KCNA via REUTERS/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over the completion ceremony of a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of troops who died in overseas military operations, state media KCNA said, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, February 16, 2026.  KCNA via REUTERS/ File Photo

US reveals new details of alleged Chinese nuclear test

US President Donald Trump is pressing China to join the US and Russia in negotiating a replacement pact to New START.
US President Donald Trump is pressing China to join the US and Russia in negotiating a replacement pact to New START.

Iran foreign minister met IAEA chief ahead of nuclear talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in Geneva, Switzerland, February 16, 2026. Iranian Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in Geneva, Switzerland, February 16, 2026. Iranian Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran's foreign minister says he will meet IAEA director on Monday

FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi adjusts glasses during a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi adjusts glasses during a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/File Photo

North Korea’s new Congress to reset arms goals as gaps seen in 2021 plan

FILE PHOTO: A projectile flies mid-air on the day North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a long-range strategic cruise missile launching drill, according to local media, at an unknown location, December 28, 2025, in this pictured released December 29, 2025 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.  KCNA via REUTERS   /File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A projectile flies mid-air on the day North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a long-range strategic cruise missile launching drill, according to local media, at an unknown location, December 28, 2025, in this pictured released December 29, 2025 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.  KCNA via REUTERS   /File Photo

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US forces board the vessel Veronica III, which according to the US Department of Defence had tried to defy US President Donald Trump's quarantine.
US forces board the vessel Veronica III, which according to the US Department of Defence had tried to defy US President Donald Trump's quarantine.

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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.