Washington: Pakistan's nuclear stock pile is likely to grow in the coming years, as its programme unlike that of India is controlled by military leaders who consider this as both a political and military instrument, a noted American analyst has said. Michael Krepon argues that it will be hard to dampen the growth of Pakistan's considerable and growing nuclear arsenal because few individuals make these decisions and most Pakistanis view...
10:32 AM, Dec 11, 2012
Paris: France's foreign minister says Iran appears on track to reach the ability to produce a nuclear weapon by the first half of next year. France is one of six countries that have negotiated with Tehran over its nuclear program, which Iran insists is peaceful. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told Europe-1 radio Sunday that unspecified experts "have established in an absolutely indisputable way" that Iran has compiled a full array...
03:41 AM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: The US on Friday sought India's help to influence Iran to join international negotiations to break the logjam over Tehran's suspect nuclear programme and pitched for stronger economic and strategic ties between the two countries. US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai. During the talks, the two sides reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and discussed...
01:16 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that drawing a "clear red line" against Iran was the only way to stop it from acquiring nuclear weapons. Netanyahu was speaking at the UN General Assembly. Elaborating on his statement, the Israeli PM said that there was little difference between Iran and the al-Qaeda with nuclear weapons. ...
12:34 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Tehran: Holding that Iran was not hankering after nuclear weapons, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday condemned the efforts of a few world powers - the very ones who had used such weapons - to monopolise civilian nuclear technology. Inaugurating the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran, the Ayatollah also launched a blistering attack on the US for misusing the UN to bully the world, even...
05:33 PM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: In a delicate balancing act, India Tuesday renewed its pitch for universal, time-bound nuclear disarmament, but underlined that it will not be part of any arms race and will continue to maintain credible minimum deterrence to deter others from trying out "nuclear coercion or blackmail". Reiterating India's commitment to no-first use of nuclear weapons, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna also highlighted the dangers of nuclear weapons falling into...
01:39 AM, Aug 22, 2012
Washington: The US said Pakistan's nuclear stockpile was not "endangered" following a daring terrorist attack on the key Kamra Air Force base, believed to house atomic weapons. "I do not have any indication that this particular attack (Kamra) has endangered the Pakistani nuclear stockpile," Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters during an off camera news conference. He was responding to news reports coming from Pakistan that the attack on...
02:39 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Washington: The United States does not believe Israel has made a decision on whether to attack Iran over its nuclear program, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday, following sharp rhetoric from Israeli officials that has put financial markets on edge. Panetta, who visited Israel two weeks ago, told reporters at the Pentagon it was important that military action be the "last resort" and said there was still time...
02:59 AM, Aug 15, 2012
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that most threats to Israel's security were "dwarfed" by the prospect of Iran obtaining nuclear weaponry, which local media reports charged Tehran had stepped up its efforts to achieve. The comments at a weekly cabinet meeting and the front-page reports in the liberal Haaretz, a frequent Netanyahu critic, and in the conservative, pro-government Israel Hayom came as Israeli debate intensified about whether...
02:09 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Shimla: Making a strong plea for a world free from nuclear weapons, former president A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday said "universal pressure" should be built to ensure destruction and non-proliferation of such arms. "Universal pressure should be built for a nuclear-free world," Kalam said while addressing a gathering at the historic Gaiety Theatre in Shimla. "Nuclear energy is required for power but nuclear weapons lead to mass destruction...
08:20 PM, Jul 14, 2012
Vienna: A UN watchdog report is expected to show that Iran has installed more uranium enrichment centrifuges at an underground site, potentially boosting output capacity of nuclear work major powers want it to stop, Western diplomatic sources say. Two sources said the Islamic state may have placed in position nearly 350 machines since February - in addition to the almost 700 centrifuges already operating at the Fordow facility - but...
02:45 AM, May 24, 2012
Washington: Satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch vehicles and intercontinental missiles, a US institute claimed on Tuesday. The US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies said the upgrade of the Musudan-ri site began last summer and reflects North Korean determination to expand its rocket program. The US and other nations...
03:58 AM, May 23, 2012
Seoul: North Korea has resumed construction work on an experimental light water reactor (ELWR) in a move that could extend its capacity to produce more material for nuclear weapons, website 38North reported on Thursday. Based on April 30 satellite images, work halted in December at the reactor had now re-started, said the website, run by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University and former US State Department official Joel Wit....
05:29 PM, May 17, 2012
Moscow: Russia's military leadership has for the first time acknowledged a nuclear threat from Iran and North Korea. "The threat is always there, so we closely monitor the nuclear programme developments of many countries," Army General Nikolai Makarov, the chief of the General Staff, told RT television. "The analysis that we conducted together with the Americans confirms that, yes, there is a probability that the threat exists. And we agreed...
02:44 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Dubai: Iran is ready to resolve all nuclear issues in the next round of talks with world powers if the West starts lifting sanctions, its foreign minister said on Monday. In an interview with the Iranian student news agency ISNA, Ali Akbar Salehi also hinted that Iran could make concessions on its higher-grade uranium enrichment; a key concern of Western powers which suspect Iran is covertly developing a nuclear weapons...
03:32 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Washington: Estimated to have more nuclear weapons than India, Pakistan is rapidly developing and expanding its atomic arsenal, spending about $ 2.5 billion a year to develop such weapons, a report has said. "Pakistan has been rapidly developing and expanding its nuclear arsenal, increasing its capacity to produce plutonium, and testing and deploying a diverse array of nuclear-capable ballistic and cruise missiles," said the report 'Assuring Destruction Forever: Nuclear Modernisation...
09:15 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Islamabad: The new Special Response Force created to protect Pakistan's nuclear arsenal held a passing out parade on Monday, with a top official saying that "all available resources" had been put in place to effectively guard the strategic assets. The newly raised Special Response Force will be part of the security force of the Strategic Plans Division, which is responsible for maintaining the nuclear arsenal. The passing out parade at...
03:58 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Ted Turner, founder of the United Nations Foundation, said he is trying to make the world a better place to live. He spoke to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar in an exclusive interview for the global affairs show World View. Here's the transcript. SH: Welcome to the special interview here on Worldview. Now he was called Captain Outrageous once but now he's more of Captain Planet because when Ted Turner puts his ...
02:53 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Ted Turner, founder of the United Nations Foundation, said he is trying to make the world a better place to live. He spoke to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar in an exclusive interview for the global affairs show World View. Here's the transcript. SH: Welcome to the special interview here on Worldview. Now he was called Captain Outrageous once but now he's more of Captain Planet because when Ted Turner puts his...
02:53 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Ted Turner, the Founder of United Nations Foundation said he is trying to make the world a better place to live. ...
08:24 PM, Mar 31, 2012
