Nuclear weapons

President Donald Trump said Sunday Iran had "better be careful" with its expansion of enriched uranium production.

The new draft rules on blessing military equipment will still allow priests to sanctify "personal weapons."

This passage was called "Strangelovian" by a Federation of American Scientists expert and the report even quoted a nuclear war theorist known as an inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 1964 black comedy.

Enriched uranium is required to produce nuclear power, but at a higher level of enrichment it can also be used to build nuclear weapons.

"The United States' prohibition would not be an obstacle," Ali Khamenei said, though he stressed the Islamic Republic had no desire for a nuclear arsenal.

"It is of fundamental importance that Russia and the United States calm the rest of the world and adopt a joint declaration at the highest level that a nuclear war cannot be won."

U.S. Department of Energy pushes forward with plans to reclassify some of its nuclear waste from Cold War weapons research.

"No water came out of the showers, faucets were missing and lights were not set up properly," Kim complained of facilities at a youth center.

"If he's working towards a deal, as you say, it's a deal we don't know about," John Brennan said. "He basically said he wants denuclearization. That is not going to happen."

The Wise Honest was seized in Indonesia earlier this month.

Washington has been at odds with Europe over Iran since the Trump administration abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal.

Estimates of the size of North Korea's test in September 2017 place it between 70 and 280 kilotons of TNT equivalent.

Large space rocks don't hit Earth often, but just one could cause mass destruction.

The head of U.S. Forces Korea said North Korea's "activity that we've observed is inconsistent with denuclearization."

After one of the most serious flare-ups in violence between India and Pakistan in years, the state of their rival armed forces is again making headlines.

As President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un attempt peace-for-denuclearization, the U.S. has abandoned a treaty with Russia and a new India-Pakistan conflict is feared.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the development of the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle was "absolutely equivalent" to the Soviet Union's launch of the first satellite in space.

"The main goal of this work is to ensure the military security of this country without increasing the current budget expenditures or joining an arms race," Russia's defense minister said.

Three politicians were arrested following Wednesday's action.

France conducted a rare test of its medium-range air-to-surface missile, the U.S. fired a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile and Russia launched a RS-24 Yars ICBM.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the United States would suspend participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty.

"We currently assess that North Korea will seek to retain its WMD capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons," Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said.

The North Korean leader said he would have "no choice" but to defend his country if sanctions continue.

In contrast to some other presidents, Bush understood the difficult nuances of Gorbachev's position.

"The reason that the Americans are so obsessed with this absurdity is that they want to sully the image of our republic," a state newspaper claimed.

With the best-equipped armed forces in the Gulf region, Saudi Arabia is a major player in Middle Eastern affairs. But just how strong is its military?

The International Atomic Energy Agency has suggested Kim Jong Un is not moving toward denuclearization.

"These missiles can reach not just Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, but also Berlin," Linkevicius warned.

At least 16 bases were continuing research.

The crown prince has threatened to develop nuclear weapons if Iran is able to do the same.