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 Tehran (AFP) Oct 25, 2009 
UN experts on Sunday were inspecting Iran's controversial second uranium enrichment plant to verify whether the newly disclosed facility was designed for peaceful nuclear purposes. Inspection of the plant, being built inside a mountain near the Shiite holy city of Qom, came as US President Barack Obama garnered support from France and Russia for a separate UN-brokered deal to end the crisis ... read more 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 26, 2009The U.S. Navy conducted successful test flights Sept. 3 and 4 of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin. The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from the submerged submarine USS West Virginia (SSBN 736) in the Atlantic Ocean. The Trident II D5 missile now has achieved 129 consecutive successful test flights since 1989 - a record unmatched by any other ... more
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Nuclear monitor defends Ukraine plant visit via Russia-controlled territory
Iran's former top diplomat Zarif resigns from VP post Italy breaks 'taboo' with push to revive nuclear North Korea held 'strategic cruise missile' launch drill this week: state media Iran slams Israel threats as 'outrageous' after Israeli FM warns of 'military option' A French-UK nuclear umbrella for Europe? Not likely, say analysts Iran significantly increased stocks of highly enriched uranium: IAEA Bangladesh calls for continued Russian nuclear collaboration Iran denounces new US sanctions as 'sign of hostility' Iran rules out 'direct talks' with US on nuclear issue 
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Bucharest (AFP) Oct 22, 2009US Vice President Joe Biden, on a three-day trip to Eastern Europe, said Thursday that Romania had added its support to that of Poland for a new anti-missile system the United States is planning for the region. A day after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had described Washington's projected new SM-3 anti-missile system as "very interesting, and needed," Biden said that Romania, too ... more  
Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2009 The United States needs to do more to counter bioterrorism threats to its own interests and international security, says a report from the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. The commission's interim report lauded President Barack Obama's response so far to the dangers posed by weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 25, 2009Iraq risks increased instability if elections slated for January are delayed, a top Iraqi general warned in an interview with AFP, as legislation key to the polls remained stalled. Lieutenant General Ali Ghaidan Majeed, commander of Iraqi ground forces, added that he was concerned that insurgents could step up attacks in the months following the vote, as a new government is formed and takes ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2009China's second-highest ranking officer kicks off Saturday a week-long visit to the United States amid signs that testy military relations between the superpowers are thawing. The trip by General Xu Caihou, the most high-profile Chinese military official to travel to the United States in years, is poised to ease tensions that flared earlier this year amid naval standoffs off China's coast. ... more 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 23, 2009Ukraine's top diplomat Friday reassured Russia that Kiev was not in talks with Washington over the new US missile shield plan, as he sought to mend relations eroded by a series of crises. "No one has reached out to Ukraine with the initiative on missile defence," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko, following what he said were "very constructive" talks with his Russian ... more 
Seoul (UPI) Oct 22, 2009 The United States pledged to provide conventional forces and missile defense on top of its nuclear umbrella to shield South Korea from North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. In return, South Korea will expand its support for the U.S.-led mission in Afghanistan, possibly dispatching police or military troops to help stabilize the war-torn country. The agreement came Thursday a ... more |
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