Exclusive: Pompeo Says No Timeline on North Korea Negotiations
Elise Labott | CNN
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN he would not put a timeline on negotiations with North Korea, but said the Trump administration will regularly assess the regime’s seriousness about abandoning its nuclear program as the US moves toward normalizing relations with Pyongyang.
Pentagon Indefinitely Suspends Some Training Exercises With South Korea
Idrees Ali | Reuters
The United States and South Korea have agreed to indefinitely suspend two exchange program training exercises, the Pentagon said on Friday, in the aftermath of the summit earlier this month between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The suspended exercises include Freedom Guardian and two Korean Marine Exchange Program training exercises.
U.S. to Give North Korea Post-Summit Timeline With ‘Asks’ Soon, Official Says
Phil Stewart | Reuters
The United States will soon present a timeline to North Korea with “specific asks” of Pyongyang after a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a senior U.S. defense official said. The official, who spoke to a small group of reporters ahead of a trip to Asia this week by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, did not specify details but suggested that the timeline would be rapid enough to make clear Pyongyang’s level of commitment.
Russia Considers Developing Super-Powerful Nuclear Torpedo
Sputnik News
Russian researchers and military engineers are entertaining the idea of creating a gigantic thermonuclear submarine torpedo envisioned in the 1950s by Soviet nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov, Shamil Aliev, one of the country’s top torpedo designers, told Sputnik.
Minister: Iran Ready for 20% Enrichment
Tasnim News Agency
Iran’s intelligence minister said preparations have been made to begin enriching uranium to a 20 percent fissile purity at the Fordow nuclear facility. Speaking to reporters during a visit to the Fordow nuclear site in central Iran, Mahmoud Alawi said the facility’s apparatus are ready for 20-percent uranium enrichment.
Nuclear Deal Collapse Would Be ‘Very Dangerous’ for Iran, Its FM Says
Times of Israel
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Sunday that failure to save the nuclear deal after the exit of the United States would be “very dangerous” for Tehran. The United States announced in May that it was withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing sanctions that would hit international businesses working in the Islamic Republic.