A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife were sentenced to long prison terms on Wednesday for plotting to sell submarine secrets to a foreign country. Jonathan Toebbe, 44, and his wife, Diana Toebbe, 46, pleaded guilty in February to conspiring to sell information related to naval nuclear propulsion systems. Jonathan Toebbe was sentenced to […]
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Russia issues new nuclear warning
An ally of President Vladimir Putin issued a stark new nuclear warning to Ukraine and the West on Tuesday as referendums billed by Russia as a prelude to it annexing four Ukrainian regions entered their fifth and final day. Moscow’s latest broadside came as European countries rushed to investigate unexplained leaks in two Russian natural […]
Iran, US clash at UN on nuclear deal, human rights issues
The US and Iran clashed on security and human rights on Wednesday, with Iran’s president demanding US guarantees to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the US president vowing Tehran would never get an atomic bomb. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi struck a defiant tone at the United Nations General Assembly by decrying “double standards” […]
Ukraine nuclear plant disconnected from grid after nearby fire
Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant under occupation by Russian troops was disconnected from the national power supply on Thursday, the state energy operator said. “The actions of the invaders caused a complete disconnection of the (Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant) from the power grid the first in the history of the plant,” Energoatom said on […]
Iran says it won’t be rushed into ‘quick’ nuclear deal
TEHRAN: Iran said Monday it would not be rushed into a “quick” deal reviving its faltering 2015 nuclear accord with world powers, as negotiations remained deadlocked. “They demand that Iran makes a quick decision, (insisting that) time is limited and Iran must respond quickly,” foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told reporters, referring to Western parties […]
Macron says Iran nuclear deal ‘still possible’
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi that reviving the landmark 2015 deal on Tehran’s nuclear capabilities was “still possible” but must happen “as soon as possible”. Macron also “expressed his disappointment” at the absence of progress after the suspension of talks in Vienna and underlined the need for […]
US, Iran chief negotiators to start nuclear talks in Qatar
DOHA: Chief negotiators from the United States and Iran were due to start indirect talks in Qatar on Tuesday, bidding to remove obstacles that have stalled attempts to revive a landmark nuclear deal. US special envoy Robert Malley and Iran’s Ali Bagheri have landed in Doha and met officials after more than a year of […]
Iran says EU nuclear coordinator to visit this week
TEHRAN: The European Union’s coordinator for talks between Iran and world powers over restoring a frayed 2015 nuclear deal will visit Tehran this week, Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday. The coordinator, Enrique Mora, has played a key role as an intermediary between the US and Iran during a year of on-off talks in Vienna that […]
EU envoy visits Iran to close gaps on nuclear deal
Tehran: The EU’s coordinator for talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal met Iran’s foreign minister and its chief negotiator Sunday in Tehran, state media reported, hoping to bridge gaps in the talks. “Working on closing the remaining gaps in the #ViennaTalks,” European Union diplomat Enrique Mora tweeted ahead of his trip. “We must conclude […]
Iran turns uranium into a substance pertinent to the detection of cancer
DUBAI: According to the UN nuclear watchdog and Iranian media, Iran has converted a small portion of its high-enriched uranium stockpile into a substance critical to the detection of cancer and other diseases. For the time being, Iran has decided not to further refine the uranium into weapons-grade levels by converting it. Negotiations over […]