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US begins sending nuke workers home as shutdown drags
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - The agency responsible for safeguarding the US nuclear stockpile began placing most staff on enforced leave Monday, an official said, as yet another congressional vote to end the crippling government shutdown failed.
Most US nuke workers to be sent home as shutdown bites
AFP, Published on 18/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US agency in charge of nuclear weapons is putting most of its workforce on unpaid leave, a top Republican lawmaker warned Friday, as a prolonged government shutdown bit further into already crippled public services.
US, allies consult but tread carefully as Russia crisis unfolds
AFP, Published on 25/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States and its allies held close consultations but publicly stayed on the sidelines Saturday as officials waited to see how the armed revolt by longtime Kremlin insider Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private Wagner army would play out.
Ukraine gets new heavy tanks, Russia doubles down on nuke plans
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» SLOVIANSK (UKRAINE) - Germany and Britain have delivered Western heavy tanks to Ukraine, officials said Monday, providing a key infusion of armored firepower that will aid Kyiv's battle against invading Russian troops.
Air raid warning on S.Korean island as N.Korea fires 10 missiles
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» SEOUL: North Korea fired at least 10 missiles of various types on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, shortly after it confirmed that a ballistic missile had landed close to South Korean waters for the first time.
Turkey offers to mediate in Ukraine nuke plant standoff
AFP, Published on 03/09/2022
» KYIV: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered on Saturday to mediate in the standoff over a Russian-occupied nuclear power station in war-torn Ukraine that has raised fears of an atomic disaster.
North Korea 'ready for nuclear test' with Biden due in Seoul
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» SEOUL: North Korea is poised to conduct a nuclear test, Seoul said Thursday, as the United States warned it could come as President Joe Biden visits South Korea this week.
World powers make rare pledge to prevent nuclear weapons spread
AFP, Published on 03/01/2022
» PARIS - Five global nuclear powers pledged Monday to prevent atomic weapons spreading and to avoid nuclear conflict, in a rare joint statement setting aside rising West-East tensions to reaffirm a goal of a nuke-free world.
Japan urged to sign UN nuke ban on Hiroshima anniversary
AFP, Published on 06/08/2019
» TOKYO: The mayor of Hiroshima urged Japan to sign a landmark UN treaty banning nuclear weapons as the city Tuesday marked 74 years since being targeted in the world's first atomic attack.
Europe rejects Iran 'ultimatum' but stands by nuke deal
AFP, Published on 09/05/2019
» SIBIU, Romania: European powers on Thursday rejected "ultimatums" from Tehran but vowed to fight to save the Iran nuclear deal, as tensions with the US soar.