Araqchi: Considerable Portion of Final Deal Drafted
Fars News Agency
Iran's senior negotiator Seyed Abbas Araqchi said a major part of the contents of the draft nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers has been agreed, while differences are still in place over one part. "We have now a text that a major part of it, even all its phrases, has been agreed but a part of it is still a source of difference," Araqchi said.
Nuclear Deal Could Help Iran Fund Cyber War
Cory Bennett | Hill
A diplomatic deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program could inadvertently jumpstart the country's cyber warfare efforts. Experts say Tehran might use the economic sanctions relief from the nuclear pact to buttress its growing cyber program, which has already infiltrated critical networks in over a dozen countries, including the U.S.
U.S. Skeptical of North Korea Test Launch Claim: Officials
Yahoo! News
North Korea did not test fire a ballistic missile from a submarine as Pyongyang claimed over the weekend and the country is still a long way from achieving such a capability, US officials said Monday.
India a Driver Behind China's Nuclear Modernisation, Says Pentagon Report
Pranav Kulkarni | Indian Express
India's nuclear force is an additional driver behind China’s nuclear force modernisation, a report by the US Department of Defence has said. The Pentagon report, titled Military and Security developments involving People’s Republic of China, was presented to the US Congress on May 8.
Middle East nuclear weapons ban proposal stumbles at U.N.
Louis Charbonneau | Reuters
A U.N. attempt to work out a ban on nuclear weapons in the Middle East was in jeopardy after Egypt complained on Monday about the lack of progress and demanded the resignation of the Finnish coordinator of the initiative. The head of Egypt's delegation, Assistant Foreign Minister Hashim Badr, rejected any suggestion that Cairo was a spoiler and insisted that he wanted to move the process forward, not kill it.
NRC Updates Approach to Foreign Ownership
World Nuclear News
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is to revise how it assesses foreign ownership of US nuclear facilities, and will develop a graded approach to deal with licence applications from nuclear energy suppliers that include overseas entities in their ownership.