Nuclear weapon

South Korea says North Korea may have up to 120 nuclear warheads

South Korea estimates North Korea has 80-120 nuclear warheads, a figure well above US President Donald Trump’s recent estimate of 57.

 A North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017.
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, August 7, 2026

Trump: Getting along with Kim Jong Un is 'a good thing' because North Korea has 57 nukes

 A satellite image shows the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran in this handout image dated June 14, 2025

Ex-spy chief Cohen says Mossad ‘toured’ Fordow many times, bombing was ‘fulfillment of all dreams'

A woman walks next to a banner with a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, earlier this month.

Trump’s agenda now: Destroy Iranian regime's ability to govern – opinion


The Reagan lesson for Iran: Defeat the regime, defuse the bomb - opinion

Reagan’s Cold War statecraft offers lessons for confronting Iran’s regime and nuclear ambitions.

US PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan (left) and prime minister Menachem Begin speak at the White House.

Belarus holds nuclear weapons exercises, says drills are not 'aimed at other states'

Belarus said the exercise would test the military's readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in different areas of the country.

A serviceman takes part in the "Zapad-2025" (West-2025) joint Russian-Belarusian military drills at a training ground near the town of Borisov, east of the capital Minsk, on September 15, 2025.

Iran ‘frighteningly close’ to developing nuclear weapons, US energy secretary says - report

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright stressed that he considers even 20%-enriched uranium "very concerning," given the size of Iran's stockpile. 

Mockups of domestically-made Iranian missiles are displayed at an exhibition outside the Defence Museum in Tehran on March 31, 2026.

Why Iran's ballistic missiles pose a greater threat than the nuclear issue - analysis

This issue is especially dynamic as Iran surprised both Israel and the US with the speed at which they were able to excavate and uncover underground missile sites, which had been bombed.

Ballistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, April 7, 2026.

Iran's enriched uranium under US surveillance, will be extracted 'at some point', Trump says

“If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up,” Trump said. 

US President Donald Trump listens to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 8, 2026.

Trump says nuclear weapons 'should never be allowed,' will not be used against Iran

"I want to make the best deal. I could make a deal right now ... but I don't want to do that. I want to have it everlasting," Trump said.

US President Donald Trump points his finger during an event in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 17.

Weakening Israel’s defense plays into Iran’s hands - opinion

The US Senate’s vote last week to block military aid to Israel reflects a worrying trend

A MAN sets an Israeli flag on fire, as people gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, earlier this month. Iran’s regime not only harbors genocidal intentions toward Israel but also pursues a broader vision to destabilize the West, the writer says.

Nuclear deal between Iran, US illusory if IAEA not involved, Director Grossi says - Telegraph

"Without verification, any agreement is no agreement. It’s an illusion of an agreement, or it’s a promise, which you don’t know whether it will be complied with or not," Grossi explained.

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi attends an interview with the Reuters team in Vienna, Austria, September 3, 2025.

The stakes of Iran diplomacy: enrichment, ballistic missiles, and Hormuz - opinion

Talks over Iran mask a deeper reality: enrichment, missiles, and Hormuz strategy persist regardless of diplomacy.

An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during Iranian Defence Week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 25, 2025.

Khamenei dead, proxy networks destroyed: Has Israel won the war? - editorial

Former supreme leader Ali Khamenei is dead. Iran’s ballistic missile infrastructure has been set back to a degree Israeli defense planners would have called fantasy in 2024. But the regime survived.

Iranians react after a ceasefire announcement at the Enqelab square, in Tehran, on April 8 2026.