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France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks during the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 27, 2026. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
April 28, 2026, 5:12 am
Iran selected for a vice presidency post at UN’s nuclear non-proliferation confab
US envoy tells conference that Tehran’s selection is an ‘affront’ to the NPT, given that the Islamic Republic has ‘long demonstrated its contempt for non-proliferation commitments’
By David Brunnstrom
US President Richard M. Nixon, right, and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev drink a toast at the White House in Washington, DC, June 21, 1973. The toast comes after the two leaders signed a pact to limit offensive nuclear arsenals. (AP)
February 4, 2026, 11:04 am
Ending half-century of arms control, US-Russian nuclear pact set to expire
Expiration of New START Treaty on Thursday has arms control advocates concerned over a new Russia-US arms race that would foment global instability
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Harriet Morris
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday Feb. 17, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
May 8, 2025, 11:44 pm
Why are the US and Saudi Arabia discussing a civil nuclear deal?
A nuclear power industry in the kingdom could yield commercial and strategic gains, yet raise risk of weapons proliferation; Israel normalization now seems out of the picture
By Reuters
In this March 30, 2005, file photo, an Iranian security official in protective clothing walks through part of the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
June 3, 2024, 9:48 am
At UN nuclear meeting, European powers seek to censure Iran for lack of cooperation
Draft resolution demands Iran readmit IAEA inspectors, restore camera surveillance at nuclear sites; diplomats say US opposes action, seeking to avoid tensions before Nov. election
By AFP and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) is greeted by Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
May 20, 2024, 10:18 am
How would a US-Saudi civil nuclear deal work, and what are the challenges?
Conceived as part of wider Mideast deal that includes Israeli-Saudi normalization, nuclear program would be subject to nonproliferation conditions
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israeli F-35 fighter jets escort an American B-52 bomber through Israeli airspace on November 10, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 6, 2023, 4:55 am
Giving unheard-of assent to Saudi nuclearization, Israel girds for Cold War with Iran
After Tehran proved how little the international community will do to stop nuclear proliferation, Israel knows Riyadh may eventually have the bomb. Maybe that’s the point
By Haviv Rettig Gur
US President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, September 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
September 22, 2023, 12:12 am
27 experts urge Biden not to allow Saudis to enrich uranium for Israel deal
Ideologically diverse signatories, who include ex-Netanyahu adviser, say they support normalization, but warn such a program may bring Riyadh within reach of nuclear weapons
By ToI Staff
File: Incoming Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, and his predecessor Yair Lapid meet for a handover meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, January 2, 2023. (Foreign Ministry)
September 21, 2023, 4:50 pm
Lapid: Must not give Riyadh a path to nukes; FM: Could have Saudi deal in months
Opposition warns of ‘nuclear arms race’ in Middle East if Saudi Arabia granted permission to enrich uranium, as foreign minister says normalization agreement possible in early 2024
By ToI Staff
(L) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency via AP); (C) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem (Alex Kolomoisky/ Pool/ Flash90); (R) US President Joe Biden on November 2, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Michael A. McCoy / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / via AFP)
September 21, 2023, 9:18 am
Netanyahu told officials to cooperate on Saudi bid to enrich uranium – report
WSJ says officials from US and Israel working together on plan that could see a US-run facility on Saudi soil; unnamed Israeli officials says there would be ‘a lot’ of safeguards
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, October 2, 2019. (Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong/US Air Force via AP)
January 4, 2022, 4:04 am
Five global nuclear powers make rare pledge to prevent atomic weapons spread
US, UK, France, Russia and China set aside tensions to say nuclear war ‘must never be fought’
By Stuart Williams and Didier Lauras
In this picture taken on September 13, 2017, activists of the International campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) wear masks of US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un as they demonstrate in front of the US embassy in Berlin. (AFP/dpa/Britta Pedersen)
October 25, 2020, 2:37 am
UN says nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force in 90 days
Honduras becomes 50th country to ratify TPNW, which major nuclear powers, including US, have rejected; Israel boycotted July 2017 vote, Iran backed it
By Agencies
The aftermath of an explosion and a fire at an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at Iran's Natanz nuclear site, July 5, 2020. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)
September 8, 2020, 6:32 pm
Iran building new centrifuge production site, state TV says
Tehran’s nuclear chief says work has already begun on facility to replace Natanz, damaged in mysterious July 2 explosion
By AP and ToI Staff
Two buildings, located near Saudi Arabia's Solar Village research institute, that some analysts believe could be nuclear facilities (Google Earth screen grab)
August 13, 2020, 6:10 am
If the enemy of my enemy gets the bomb: Saudi nuclear plan gives Israel headache
Jerusalem worried about reports saying Iran’s foe may similarly seek nuclear weapons, but has so far remained silent as it works toward diplomatic relations with the fellow US ally
By Raphael Ahren
This undated photograph released by the United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency, shows the under-construction Barakah nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi's Western desert (Arun Girija/WAM via AP, File)
December 28, 2019, 8:18 pm
UAE’s nuclear program could lead to nuclear arms race, disaster, expert says
British nuclear scientist warns Abu Dhabi may be planning weapons program; even if not, threat from terrorists and natural disasters is not properly countered, he says
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An explosion on August 8 at the Nenoksa Missile Test Site near Severodvinsk, Russia. (YouTube screenshot)
August 15, 2019, 2:59 am
Secret Russia weapon project: Gamechanger or PR stunt?
Analysts say nuclear-powered cruise missile project believed tied to deadly blast at test site features many technical difficulties, and risks could outweigh gains
By Michel Moutot
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