World news about “Nuclear weapons” published by euronews.
Iran’s nuclear ambitions continue to test the West A group of pro-government Iranian students have gathered outside the parliament building in Tehran to call on the government to stop oil exports to… 06/02/2012
Iran holds military exercises Iran has staged further military exercises in its latest show of force in retaliation against tougher Western sanctions over its controversial nuclear… 06/02/2012
Iran warns of retaliation as nuclear tension rises Iran has sent a satellite into orbit and a message to the world to mark 33 years since its Islamic Revolution. Officially, the satellite will provide data… 03/02/2012
Iran says it has laser-guided artillery shells Iran says it has manufactured laser-guided artillery shells able to locate and hit moving targets with a high degree of precision. The claim comes as… 30/01/2012
EU imposes new sanctions on Iran The European Union has imposed tough new sanctions on Iran in a fresh effort to exert to pressure over its nuclear programme. But Britain, France and… 23/01/2012
EU bans Iranian oil imports The EU has agreed stricter sanctions against Iran. European foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday to formally agree the proposals. The embargo… 23/01/2012
EU draws up new sanctions against Iran EU ministers meeting in Brussels have reportedly approved new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. The measures, including an oil embargo… 23/01/2012
Ahmadinejad goes west as sanctions hit home Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has met Cuba’s President Raul Castro as the Iranian leader continued his drive to rally support amid growing tensions over his… 12/01/2012
Atomic humour as Ahmadinejad meets Chavez Mutual adulation and anti-American snipes marked the meeting of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with his Venezuelan host Hugo Chavez. Welcoming the visiting Iranian… 10/01/2012
France calls for more sanctions on Iran France is calling on the EU to follow the US and harden its stance on Iran after the country tested a long-range missile on Monday. Iran also warned the … 03/01/2012
Soltanieh: ‘Do not threaten or try to use force against Iranians’ The nuclear programme in Iran has proven to be an internationally divisive issue. Do the countries who themselves have nuclear power and perhaps also nuclear… 22/11/2011
Towards a complete nuclear test ban Forty years of Soviet nuclear testing turned a large area in Kazakhstan into a radioactive wasteland. Today it is at the heart of a nuclear weapon-free zone… 17/10/2011
Children clean Libyan rebel weapons – nocomment An organised group of children sat on mats and cleaned assault rifles in Libya’s rebel-held city of Misrata. 16/07/2011
Larijani speaks on Iran’s nuclear programme “Being a nuclear power does not mean that we are going to make a bomb” Iran’s nuclear programme has worried the international community for some time and… 23/07/2010
Kazakhstan’s nuclear legacy At the elderly care home in Semipalatinsk, we met 85 year old Praskovya. Semipalatinsk, or Semey, is a city 150 kilometers from the main Soviet nuclear… 14/04/2010
West ups sanction stakes against IranWashington has welcomed the move by European governments to agree in principle to ban imports of Iranian oil. The prospective embargo, along with tough … 05/01/2012
‘Don’t come back’ Iran warns US carrierIran has ended a 10-day naval exercise in the Straits of Hormuz and has issued a warning to the US that it should no longer deploy an aircraft carrier in the… 03/01/2012
Iran raises the stakes in the GulfTension is rising in the Persian Gulf after Iran once again tested long-range missiles and a senior army officer warned the US to keep its aircraft carriers… 03/01/2012
Tensions mount over Iran’s missile testFrance has described Iran’s long-range cruise missile test as a “very bad signal to the international community.” Iranian state television showed footage of… 03/01/2012
South Korea urges reconciliation with NorthThe South Korean president is calling on North Korea’s new leader to take the opportunity to return to negotiations after the death of his father Kim… 02/01/2012
Iran raises tension testing long-range missilesIran says it has test-fired two long-range missiles in the Persian Gulf. On Sunday state TV showed the navy test- firing medium-ranged missiles which it says… 02/01/2012
Nuclear submarine fire extinguished says RussiaA massive fire aboard a Russian nuclear submarine at a naval shipyard has been put out according to the country’s emergencies minister. The vessel was… 30/12/2011
Fire at Russian nuclear sub shipyardA fire has broken out at a shipyard where a Russian nuclear submarine is being repaired. The blaze at Roslyakovo dock in the northern Murmansk region spread… 30/12/2011
North Korea ‘to suspend uranium enrichment’North Korea has agreed to suspend its enrichment of uranium for nuclear weapons, according to unconfirmed South Korean news reports. Two reports quote… 17/12/2011
Russia seizes Iran-bound radioactive materialCustoms officers at a Moscow airport say they have seized radioactive material from the luggage of an Iranian national bound for Tehran. Sodium-22 is used in… 16/12/2011
Iran nuclear standoff galvanisedA frightening confirmation came recently that Iran has been working on a nuclear weapon, according to a report published by the International Atomic Energy… 22/11/2011
Analysis: Iran ‘divided’ over Western pressureThere was a chain of events that led up to the publication of the IAEA report on Iran. From the allegations about an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi… 22/11/2011
Pressure grows on Iran over its nuclear programmeA new resolution has been passed at the UN nuclear watchdog, voicing “increasing concern” about Iran’s nuclear programme. The US has seized on the… 19/11/2011
Iran warns Israel on military actionIran’s Supreme Leader has warned Israel against attacking his country. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said they should not try to launch any military attacks on… 10/11/2011
Russia opposes new sanctions on IranIran has dismissed a new report by the UN’s atomic watchdog which claims its developing nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency says Tehran… 09/11/2011
Russia says Iran airstrike would be a ‘mistake’Russia has stepped into the increasingly tense atmosphere in Israeli-US-Iranian relations by warning any airstrikes on the Islamic Republic would be a… 07/11/2011
Japan remembers Nagasaki and pledges to cut nuclear energyJapan remembered the the victims of the Nagasaki atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War on Tuesday. The prime minister laid a wreath and a bell… 09/08/2011
Nuclear test veterans win right to appealDuring six years in the 1950s on Christmas Island and in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tested nuclear weapons. Claims by soldiers who took part in those tests… 28/07/2011
Hague nuclear claim denied by IranIran has denied a claim by the British foreign minister that it has tested a missile capable of launching a nuclear warhead, in violation of a UN resolution… 29/06/2011
Duma says Yes to Start treaty with USRussia’s parliament has given preliminary approval to a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US. The American Senate approved the deal on… 24/12/2010
Start backgroundThe original Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was signed in 1991 in Moscow by US President George Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. It came into… 22/12/2010
Obama on verge of foreign policy victory with STARTA key piece of legislation aimed at re-setting Russian – American relations is headed for ratification after a close procedural vote in the … 22/12/2010
Stranded British nuclear sub pulled freeIt is the biggest and most expensive submarine the British have ever built but it appears there is not much in a name for HMS Astute. The 1.4-billion-euro… 23/10/2010
Brand new submarine runs aground off ScotlandA brand new nuclear-powered submarine, described as the most stealthy in the British Navy, has run aground off the west coast of Scotland. HMS Astute is… 22/10/2010
Moldovan police find uranium haulPolice in Moldova have arrested three people after seizing nearly two kilos of uranium. Tests showed it was uranium 238, which does not emit radiation that… 25/08/2010
Iran announces big nuclear expansionIran is pushing ahead with a widespread expansion of its nuclear programme despite international sanctions aimed at curbing the country’s atomic capability… 17/08/2010
US and Russia prepare for a ‘spy swap’Convicted spy Igor Sutyagin could be on his way to the US according to unconfirmed reports, as Moscow and Washington prepare for a prisoner swap. Sutyagin… 08/07/2010
Iran does not fear UN sanctionsIran’s president has dismissed threats of a new round of UN sanctions over his country’s nuclear programme. Speaking at a press conference on the fringes of… 05/05/2010
Clinton condemns Iran at UN nuclear conferenceUS Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has taken a strong line against Iran saying its nuclear ambitions put the world at risk. Speaking at the Nuclear… 03/05/2010
North Korea’s Kim Jong Il in ChinaNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Il has arrived in China to drum up economic and diplomatic support from the rogue state’s only major ally and trading… 03/05/2010
Nuclear weaponsThe opening of a major UN conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has been overshadowed by the appearance of Iranian President Mahmoud… 03/05/2010
Iran offers closer ties with the USIran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has made a surprise gesture towards the US and called on Barack Obama to improve ties with his country. In what is… 14/04/2010
Nuclear states urged to follow US-Russian exampleThe United States and Russia have signed an agreement to reduce their stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium. Hillary Clinton and her Russian counterpart… 14/04/2010
Obama secures nuclear summit pledgesWorld leaders have agreed to secure all vulnerable nuclear material within four years, making a real contribution to a safer world. That was the message… 14/04/2010
Experts say nuclear warnings are for everyoneThe nuclear threat that hung over the world during the Cold War may have lifted, but the legacy it left behind has become increasingly dangerous. While… 13/04/2010
Act now on nukes or face terror threat: ObamaUS President Barack Obama has urged fellow world leaders to secure atomic bomb materials or face the real threat of nuclear terrorism. Spurred on by… 13/04/2010
US says China backs Iran sanctionsThe US says it is nearer to a diplomatic breakthrough on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, claiming China has dropped its opposition to sanctions. Iran is China’s… 13/04/2010
Obama’s nuke summit enters second dayWorld leaders met in Washington Tuesday on the second-day of a nuclear summit aimed at reducing weapons stockpiles. US President Barack Obama wants the… 13/04/2010
Optimism over pledges to cut nuclear materialUkraine is to get rid of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium by the year 2012. The decision by President Viktor Yanukovich was the first tangible… 13/04/2010
Obama warns of al Qaeda nuclear threatAl Qaeda’s efforts to acquire atomic weapons poses the biggest threat to global security – that is according to President Barack Obama, speaking on the eve of… 12/04/2010
Ban Ki Moon interviewBan Ki Moon, the Secretary General of the UN, has visited the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan, as part of a tour of the whole region. Euronews… 09/04/2010
USA and Russia sign historic treaty to cut nuclear weaponsPresident Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have signed a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty. Analysts say the new Start treaty… 08/04/2010
US and Russia set to seal fresh STARTPressing the nuclear re-set button in Prague. Tight security has been put in place in the Czech capital as the city prepares to welcome President Obama and… 08/04/2010
Ban Ki-moon hails new START treatyOn the eve of the signing of the new START nuclear treaty, euronews got reaction from the UN Secretary General. He has been visiting a former Soviet nuclear… 07/04/2010
Iran warns US over new atomic policyIran has promised to deliver what it calls a “devastating” response to the United States’ new nuclear policy. In an address on state television, President… 07/04/2010
US unveils new nuclear planThe Obama administration has unveiled a new defence policy restricting the use of US nuclear weapons. For the first time the United States has pledged not to… 06/04/2010
Obama to unveil new US nuclear strategyBarack Obama is set to outline a new defence strategy that would limit the circumstances in which the US would use nuclear weapons. It is expected that in… 06/04/2010
US-Russia thought close to deal in nuclear talksUS Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for talks in Moscow on nuclear disarmament. The Middle East and Iran… 18/03/2010
US and Russia: In search of a fresh STARTIn pressing the reset button, the US and Russia have perhaps opened the door to a world free from nuclear weapons. Last July, after months of talks, the … 18/03/2010
French used troops as nuke “guinea pigs”The French army deliberately exposed its own soldiers to nuclear tests to see the effects on the human body. That is the verdict of researchers quoting a copy… 17/02/2010
Anger grows at Iran’s nuclear enrichmentPressure is mounting on Iran following its announcement that it is stepping up its programme of nuclear enrichment. Only China, which is among the group of… 09/02/2010
New Russian position on Iran?There appears to be a change in Moscow’s tone on the Iran nuclear question. A senior Russian lawmaker says tougher sanctions against the Islamic Republic… 08/02/2010
Double A-bomb survivor dies at 93The only official survivor of both the atomic bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has died. Tsutomi Yamaguchi was aged 93 and had been suffering from… 06/01/2010
Russia says US arms deal is closeRussia says it is close to reaching a deal with the United States to reduce their nuclear weapons. Diplomats have been trying to prepare a new agreement on… 04/12/2009
Russia due to open Iranian reactor in MarchA day after Iran announced plans to build 10 uranium enrichment plants, it is reported that Russia intends to start up a nuclear reactor in Iran in March next… 30/11/2009
Iran approves new nuclear plantsIt is being described as a clear show of defiance. The Iranian President has announced that his government has approved plans to build 10 new uranium… 29/11/2009
New twist in Iran nuclear rowThe Iranian parliament has reportedly called on the government to consider reducing cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog. This two days after the… 29/11/2009
Iran submits new nuclear fuel conditionIran has proposed a modification to the terms of its UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal. Tehran insists it is ready to exchange its low-level enriched uranium for… 24/11/2009
No green light from Iran for UN nuclear dealIran appears to have rejected a UN-backed plan to cut its nuclear fuel stockpile. Instead of responding to the proposal Tehran has put forward an alternative… 23/10/2009
Clock ticking on Iran’s atomic standoffThe clock is ticking down to a midnight deadline tonight for Iran to settle its nuclear standoff with the international community. The UN’s atomic… 23/10/2009
Larijani: religion rules out nuclear armsThe speaker of the Iranian parliament has ruled out Iran possessing nuclear weapons on religious grounds, the first time Islam has been invoked in the nuclear… 21/10/2009
Iran to enrich its own uranium if nuclear talks failIn what is being seen as a major blow to the West’s hopes of defusing tension over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Iran says it will not hesitate to make more… 19/10/2009
Vienna talks hint at nuclear cooperationIran is due to enter talks with world powers on an enriched uranium deal to help calm western fears that Tehran is seeking to develop a nuclear bomb. The… 19/10/2009
Clinton urges Iran to meet nuclear demandsBritain and the United States have warned Iran that the world will not wait for it to meet its international obligations. Speaking after talks in London… 11/10/2009
Iran and world powers far apart on nuclear talksIn the build-up to its nuclear talks with major world powers, Iran prompted an international outcry not once but twice. First, there was the revelation of a… 30/09/2009
Major powers: Iran must fulfil nuclear obligationsIran has been warned to fully cooperate with the world over its nuclear ambitions, or face increasing isolation. Tehran’s senior nuclear negotiator Saed… 30/09/2009
Iran warns the West not to ‘repeat old mistakes”Iran has warned the West it will curb cooperation over its nuclear programme if it is pushed into a corner. Tehran is under mounting international pressure to… 29/09/2009
Iran launches missiles ahead of nuke talksIran has staged a show of force and test-fired more missiles ahead of crucial talks about its nuclear ambitions. The muscle-flexing included rockets which may… 28/09/2009
Iran tests missiles capable of hitting IsraelAccording to state TV, Iran has test-fired long-range missiles said to be capable of reaching Israel. The Islamic Republic is reported to have launched… 28/09/2009
Israel: new site proves Iran’s nuclear ambitionsIsrael’s foreign minister says the revelation of another nuclear site in Iran proves that the country wants to make atomic bombs. Avigdor Lieberman called on… 26/09/2009
Obama calls on the world to ban the bombUS President Barack Obama has said the world must unite to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. At a specially convened summit, the UN Security Council… 24/09/2009
Push for Mideast atomic bomb free zoneThe annual assembly of the UN nuclear watchdog has passed a resolution urging all Middle East nations to renounce nuclear weapons under oath. The… 18/09/2009
Iran hands plans to western powersThe Iranian foreign minister has handed a package of proposals to a group of world powers, as the West increased its pressure on Tehran to take part in… 09/09/2009
Iran focus of row at UN nuclear watchdogAs Iran snubs the US in its push for new talks on the nuclear question, a row over the Islamic Republic has broken out at the UN’s nuclear watchdog. Ahead… 07/09/2009
N. Korea says in last phase of enriching uraniumNorth Korea says it has reached the final stages of uranium enrichment, a process that would give it a second way to make nuclear weapons. The claim is… 04/09/2009
Japan echoes calls for nuke-free worldJapan, the only country ever to suffer an atomic bomb attack, has called for a world free from nuclear weapons. At a ceremony in Hiroshima to mark the 64th… 06/08/2009
