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Iran uranium stockpile grows after deal with Obama
Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium has grown in the past three months, the United Nations nuclear watchdog reported on Wednesday. The stockpile is supposed to be slashed as a result of the agreement the regime reached this summer…
Devil is in the detail before new round of Syria peace talks
Posted on Sunday, November 15, 2015
Two weeks after they jointly called for a political solution to Syria's civil war, foreign ministers and senior officials from Russia, the United States, Europe and the Middle East struggled on Friday to turn that idea into a…
Iran Threatens to Walk Away from Nuke Deal
Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2015
Iran has threatened to walk away from the recently inked nuclear deal and stop rolling back its nuclear enrichment program, according to recent comments by Hassan Rouhani, the Islamic Republic's president.
Russia Reveals Secret Nuclear-Armed Drone Sub
Posted on Wednesday, November 11, 2015
A Russian document shown on state-run television confirmed that Moscow is developing a high-speed drone submarine capable of delivering a nuclear warhead.
U.S. to Help Iran Rebuild Nuclear Reactor
Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2015
The United States and other global powers are helping Iran to update and reconstruct a nuclear reactor that has been suspected of helping the Islamic Republic produce enough material for a potential nuclear weapon, according to regional reports…
Investigators ’90 percent sure’ bomb downed Russian plane
Posted on Monday, November 9, 2015
Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in the final second of a cockpit recording was an explosion caused by a bomb, a member of the investigation team told Reuters…
US: Strikes against ISIS to increase
Posted on Monday, November 9, 2015
S and coalition forces are likely to increase air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in coming weeks after a lull in September and October, the head of US Air Forces Central Command said Saturday.
Russian weapons chief: S-300 deal with Iran has been signed
Posted on Monday, November 9, 2015
Russia and Iran have signed a contract on Moscow’s delivery of the advanced S-300 missile defense system to the Islamic Republic, Sergei Chemezov, chief executive of Russian state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec, said Monday.