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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

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This undated photo provided on September 13, 2024, by the North Korean government shows its leader Kim Jong Un, center, on an inspecting visit at what they say is an institute of nuclear weapons and a facility for nuclear materials at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
September 13, 2024, 2:30 pm
North Korea offers first glimpse into secretive uranium enrichment site
During tour of facility, Kim Jong Un urges workers to produce more materials for tactical nuclear weapons, says it is vital for confronting threats from the US and allies
By Hyunsu Yim and Josh Smith
This video grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on May 21, 2024 shows Russia's missile forces holding a tactical nuclear weapons drills in the southern military district of the country. (Russian Defense Ministry / AFP)
September 4, 2024, 2:12 pm
Kremlin says West’s agenda spurring changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine
In most detailed explanation yet, spokesman says adjustments due to ‘process of provocation’ from arms supplies to Ukraine led by ‘ringmaster’ US
By Reuters
Iran's domestically built centrifuges are displayed in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 18, 2024, 8:15 am
Report: US privately warned Iran over suspicious nuclear activities
Iranian explanations ‘somewhat eased anxieties’ of US and Israeli officials; US official says Tehran doesn’t appear to be building ‘testable nuclear device’
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 4, 2024, 1:46 am
Opposition party head appears to urge nuclear action to stop Iran’s atomic program
Ex-defense minister Liberman calls on government to use ‘all tools’ at its disposal to counter the threat posed by Tehran, stressing this can’t be done by ‘conventional means’
By ToI Staff
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, visits an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, at his office compound in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, via AP, File)
June 27, 2024, 11:28 pm
Iran’s leaders mulling nuclear weapons, NYT says, citing Iranian officials
Report says Iran has ‘cemented its role as a threshold nuclear state’, and US officials divided on whether it will take the ‘final step’
By ToI Staff
Satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows construction at the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona, Israel, on February 22, 2021. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)
June 18, 2024, 6:41 pm
Israel modernizing nuclear capabilities, upgrading production facilities – report
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute warns atomic weapons playing a larger role in international relations than at any time since the Cold War
By ToI Staff
A Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile, that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, are displayed during a military parade to mark Pakistan National Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
June 17, 2024, 9:36 am
Nuclear arms spending soars as global tensions ratchet up, studies show
NATO in talks on deploying more nukes, citing threat from Russia and China; Iran steps up its uranium enrichment while Saudis eye civilian nuclear program
By Agencies and ToI Staff
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Grossi, addresses the media after arriving at the Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Austria, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
May 15, 2024, 1:23 am
‘A huge question’: IAEA chief alarmed by Iran’s talk of developing nuclear weapons
Rafael Grossi says of Tehran’s potential plans, ‘We are moving closer to a situation where there is a big huge question mark about what they are doing and why they are doing it’
By ToI Staff
The head of Iran's Nuclear Protection and Security Corps Ahmad Haghtalab threatens to revise Iran's nuclear doctrine, and to target Israel's nuclear facilities if it strikes Iranian nuclear sites, during a televised interview, April 18, 2024. (IRIB/AFP)
April 18, 2024, 6:47 pm
Iran warns it may revise its ‘nuclear doctrine,’ threatens to hit Israeli nuclear sites
Amid expectation of Israeli reprisal for attack, IRGC nuclear chief says Iran has the information it needs to strike the Jewish state’s nuclear facilities
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This image provided by the US Attorney, Southern District of New York shows a photo from a complaint document filed by SDNY of Takeshi Ebisawa handling a rocket launcher. Federal prosecutors say the leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons. (US Attorney, Southern District of New York via AP)
February 22, 2024, 11:43 pm
US alleges Japanese crime boss tried to send weapons-grade uranium to Iran
US prosecutors say Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, provided samples of material from Myanmar to undercover agent in belief Iran would use it for a weapons program
By AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin climbs down from a modernized Tu-160M nuclear-capable strategic bomber, in Kazan, Russia, February 22, 2024. (YouTube screengrab: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 22, 2024, 7:30 pm
Putin rides nuclear-capable bomber as relations with West take nosedive
Flight on modernized Cold War-era plane likely to be seen as reminder of Moscow’s nukes as Kremlin calls foul over Biden ‘SOB’ jibe
By Reuters
Takeshi Ebisawa with a rocket launcher. (US District Court for the Southern District of New York)
February 22, 2024, 8:17 am
Feds accuse alleged Japan crime boss of trying to traffic nuclear material to Iran
Takeshi Ebisawa caught in sting operation as he showed weapons-grade plutonium samples from Myanmar to undercover DEA agent as part of plot to purchase weapons for insurgent group
By AP
Chief Rabbi of Safed Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu speaks at the 'Besheva' group, on February 7, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 14, 2023, 6:33 pm
Rabbi backs remark by his son, a far-right minister, that nuking Gaza is an option
Top Safed rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, no stranger to controversy, says authorities can’t fire him for echoing comments that got Minister Amichai Eliyahu suspended from cabinet meetings
By ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while addressing the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, October 5, 2023. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
October 5, 2023, 11:01 pm
Putin claims nuclear-powered missile success, says Moscow could exit atomic test ban
President reports successful trial of Burevestnik weapon, notes US has not ratified Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2023, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images via AFP)
September 27, 2023, 8:23 am
Tehran accuses Netanyahu of threatening to nuke Iran in his UN speech
PM said Iran must face ‘credible nuclear threat,’ with his office quickly clarifying he misspoke; Iran UN envoy ignores this, condemns ‘alarming’ remark, warns of decisive response
By Michael Bachner
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