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Iran deal will ‘wreak havoc’: former Saudi spy chiefSaudi Arabia's Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a former head of the kingdom's intelligence services and its veteran ambassador to Washington, has said Iran's nuclear deal will allow it to get an atomic bomb and "wreak havoc in the reg More… |
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Mideast nuke arms ban talks fail over rowA month-long review conference on the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended in failure on Friday after its members were unable to overcome disagreements on an atomic weapons ban for the Middle East. After four weeks of negot More… |
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NKorea demands recognition as nuclear stateNorth Korea demanded on Tuesday that it be recognised as a nuclear weapons state, rejecting a US condition that it agree to give up its nuclear arms programme before talks can begin. After weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula, More… |
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Japan, US cannot let NKorea have nuke armsJapan and the United States cannot allow North Korea to possess nuclear weapons, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishia said on Sunday after a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry. Kerry is in Japan for the last stop on a More… |
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Iran nuke 'unlikely to start Mideast arms race'Fears that an Iranian nuclear weapon might trigger an atomic arms race across the Middle East are overplayed, a US security thinktank said on Tuesday, arguing that countries like Saudi Arabia face big disincentives against getting the bomb. More… |
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Iran calls for end to nuclear arms after N Korea testIran said on Tuesday that all the world's nuclear weapons should be destroyed, shortly after North Korea said it had conducted its third nuclear test in defiance of United Nations resolutions. "We think we need to come to More… |
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Egypt says not seeking nuclear armsEgypt is not seeking to acquire nuclear arms and wants to rid the region of such weapons, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said. A May 2008 US cable released by WikiLeaks quoted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as warning US officials Eg More… |
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US Senate approves N-arms treaty with RussiaThe US Senate approved a landmark nuclear arms control treaty with Russia on Wednesday, giving President Barack Obama a major foreign policy victory in his drive to improve ties with Moscow and curb the spread of atomic weapons to other nations. More… |
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US, Egypt strive for nuclear arms ban dealThe United States and Egypt are working to bridge differences on a proposed Middle East nuclear arms ban, an idea that could one day force Israel to scrap any atom bombs it has, UN diplomats say. The US efforts to secure a deal with Egypt More… |
