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Tag: Nuclear Weapons
Iran Challenges Trump, Announcing End of Nuclear Restrictions
President Trump thought the nuclear deal was flawed because restrictions on Iran would end after 15 years. Now, responding to a U.S. strike, Iran has declared the limits over after less than five.
Trump Bet He Could Isolate Iran and Charm North Korea. It’s Not That Easy.
The president assumed economic levers would guide the countries’ national interests. Now, he confronts twin challenges in an election year.
What Kim Jong-un’s Latest Threats Say About His Trump Strategy
With an election and impeachment trial pending in the United States, North Korea’s leader added elements of caution in his threat of “shocking” action.
North Korea Is No Longer Bound by Nuclear Test Moratorium, Kim Says
Kim Jong-un said North Korea was free of a self-imposed pause on testing nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, which President Trump had called a diplomatic victory.
North Korea Links 2nd ‘Crucial’ Test to Nuclear Weapons Program
As a top American envoy visits the region, the North declared that tests would bolster its “reliable strategic nuclear deterrent.”
U.S. Turns Up Pressure on Iran With Sanctions on Transportation Firms
Washington’s sanctions have crippled the Iranian economy, and protesters have taken to the streets to criticize the government in Tehran. In response, Iranian security forces have killed hundreds.
Trump Officials Block U.N. Meeting on Human Rights Abuses in North Korea
The U.S. is trying to preserve a diplomatic opening with Kim Jong-un, even as North Korea dismisses President Trump as a “heedless and erratic old man.”
North Korea Threatens New ‘Dotard’ Insults if Trump Revives Name-Calling
North Korea threatened to resume tit-for-tat insults against President Trump two days after he called its leader, Kim Jong-un, a “Rocket Man.”
Pope Francis, in Japan, Warns of ‘Selfish Decisions’ on Nuclear Energy
Making the first visit to the country by a pope in 38 years, Francis called for an end to the nuclear arms race in visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.