Nuclear Disarmament

North Korea rejects denuclearization, vows 'ceaseless' nuclear buildup over US-led alliance

The spokesman said recent US-South Korean WMD response discussions amounted to an "open declaration of confrontation" and warned such actions could lead Pyongyang to invoke nuclear force provisions.

This picture taken on March 4, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 5, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile test launch conducted on the destroyer Choe Hyon at an undisclosed location.
People protest against the nuclear deal reached with Iran before U.S. Vice President Joe Biden meets with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center to discuss the deal on Sept. 3, 2015 in Davie, Florida.

Why trusting physics, not politics, once kept Iran in check - opinion

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, June 22, 2025

Iranian foreign minister denies nuclear pretext for strikes, cites Oman-mediated talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia June 23, 2025, in this still image taken from video.

Iranian FM decries US as a 'bully' risking int'l conflict after Trump resumes nuclear testing


153 UN states call on Israel to 'renounce possession of nuclear weapons’

The Jewish state was asked “not to develop, produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons.”

UNGA vote calling on Israel to “renounce possession of nuclear weapons”

UN nuclear ban treaty goes into effect on January 22nd

None of the world’s nuclear powers supported the treaty, which was ratified by only three Western countries: Austria, Ireland and New Zealand.

A view shows railway packages for containers with uranium hexafluoride salt, raw material for nuclear reactors, similar to the one be used for the IAEA Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Bank

Pakistan making ‘significant’ strides in securing its nuclear material

Islamabad ‘most improved’ in anti-theft ranking, US watchdog group says upon publishing index.

A view shows railway packages for containers with uranium hexafluoride salt, raw material for nuclear reactors, similar to the one be used for the IAEA Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Bank

Be united against a nuclear Iran

As the France, Germany and Britain still endorse the JCPOA, allies including Saudi Arabia and Israel are pessimistic about the EU’s constructive Middle East roles.

PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE as European Union foreign ministers attend an emergency meeting in Brussels, in January.

Be united against a nuclear Iran

As the France, Germany and Britain still endorse the JCPOA, allies including Saudi Arabia and Israel are pessimistic about the EU’s constructive Middle East roles.

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu points to red line he drew on graphic of bomb used to represent Iran's nuclear program, in New York

UN watchdog presses Iran over nuke violations, Iran threatens retaliation

"Iran fully rejects this resolution and will respond appropriately...those who made this decision will bear responsibility for its consequences," Iranian official Kazem Gharib Abadi said.

Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi attends the opening of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 16, 2019

IAEA voices serious concern at Iran's stonewalling on old sites

US intelligence agencies and the IAEA believe Iran had a secret, coordinated nuclear weapons program that it halted in 2003.

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the IAEA headquarters in Vienna

Ex-CIA Korea Chief: N. Korea to be nuke threat even after Kim Jong Un

Questions started swirling about Kim's health after he skipped an April 15 ceremony for the 108th birthday of his late grandfather, North Korea founder Kim Il-sung.

South Korean people watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Seoul, South Korea, April 21, 2020

Pope urges abolition of nuclear weapons at Japan's ground zeros

While his words in Hiroshima struck emotional, almost poetic notes, earlier in Nagasaki he issued direct denunciations and demands.

Pope Francis holds weekly general audience at the Vatican, May 15, 2019.

UAE calls for Iran talks with world powers, region

Tensions in the Gulf have risen since attacks on oil tankers in a vital global shipping lane this summer, including off the UAE coast, and a major assault on energy facilities in Saudi Arabia.

Amin Neda at a "free Iran" rally in Jerusalem on January 2, 2018.