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Nuclear proliferation cannot be bombed away
News, Mohamed ElBaradei, Published on 05/07/2025
» In 1966, the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France, and China not only were the only countries that possessed nuclear weapons; they also had enough wisdom to recognise the dangers posed by nuclear proliferation. Despite their many and deep political differences, they arrived at a consensus to halt the further dissemination of "nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices".
Israel hits hard and fast to stop Iranian threat
News, John J. Metzler, Published on 21/06/2025
» Well, it seems to have started. Israeli airstrikes on Iran's nuclear research and development sites have ushered in a new phase of the Middle East conflicts, which began when Tehran's Hamas terrorist proxies invaded Israel on Oct 7, 2023, murdering 1,200 people and taking 254 hostages.
We've all seen this war game play out before
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 20/06/2025
» I've seen this movie already. I don't want to see it again."They lied," said Donald Trump in 2016, running for the Republican presidential nomination against the neo-cons in his own party who had started the "forever wars" in Afghanistan and Iraq. "They said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none. And they knew there were none."
Cops quiz suspected bent monks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/03/2022
» Twelve senior monks, including one arrested on Feb 18, have been interrogated in connection with the alleged embezzlement of 110 million baht from temple funds from 2007 to 2016, with the suspect already in custody facing additional charges, police said yesterday.
Tolerance is essential to end war
News, Shigeru Aoyagi, Published on 16/11/2021
» In June 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged a powerful, if tender protest against all wars and related violence in the form of a now-legendary "bed-in" in a Montreal hotel. According to those present as everyone sang a new, anti-war song Lennon had composed for the occasion, when he was asked why he and Ono were doing it, Lennon simply replied, "Give peace a chance".
Trump offers clarity on Iran's terrorist aims
News, Eli Lake, Published on 10/04/2019
» For more than 30 years, successive US administrations have called Iran what it is: a state sponsor of terrorism. Leaders of its military and intelligence agencies have been sanctioned, while the terror groups Iran supports have faced military action as well as sanctions.
Nuke walkout not a disaster
News, Editorial, Published on 05/03/2019
» United States President Donald Trump won a lot of praise for walking out of the negotiations with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un, last week. Prior to the two-day summit, there was speculation that both leaders were looking to make a deal. Hopes for such a deal have been dashed, at least for now, after Mr Trump refused to give in to Mr Kim's demand to move forward.
Kim's assurances of concessions come with a catch
News, MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Published on 21/09/2018
» A better-than-expected outcome of the summit between the two Koreas immediately kick-started stalled negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang, boosting President Donald Trump's high-stakes push to get the North to give up its nuclear weapons by the end of his first term in office.
Weed out bad actors
News, Postbag, Published on 24/07/2018
» Re: "Lawsuits aggravate forest poor's plight", (Opinion, July 23).
Donald Trump is in denial about North Korea's nukes
News, Kent Harrington, Published on 24/07/2018
» No one yet knows what deals US President Donald Trump may have struck with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their private two-hour meeting in Helsinki. But it is already clear that Mr Trump's self-congratulations for striking a deal to "denuclearise" the Korean Peninsula during his Singapore summit with Kim Jong-un are ringing hollow.