Foreign Ministers to Join Iran Nuclear Talks
Laurence Norman | Wall Street Journal
Foreign ministers from the six-power group negotiating a final nuclear agreement with Iran will step into talks in Vienna this week in an effort to break a stalemate and salvage a deal by a July 20 deadline. The decision to bring ministers into the talks comes a week into what was supposed to be the final round of negotiations, with western diplomats saying progress has been painfully slow.
Iran Nuclear Negotiators Seek to Shift Industry Terms for Deal
Jonathan Tirone | Bloomberg News
Whether Iran has the capacity to make fuel for Rosatom-built reactors is questionable, according to the Berlin-based Carnegie Endowment analyst Mark Hibbs. A more likely arrangement might see Iran providing enrichment services to Rosatom, which then makes reactor fuel.
Seized Nuclear Material in Iraq 'Low Grade': U.N. Agency
Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
"The Mosul region and several university departments were scoured again and again by U.N. inspectors for a decade after the first Gulf War (1990-1991) and they know what materials were stored there," Mark Hibbs of Carnegie Endowment think tank said.
Hamas: We Attempted to Hit the Nuclear Reactor in Dimona
Yaakov Lappin | Jerusalem Post
Three rockets were launched at Dimona in southern Israel on Wednesday afternoon. The Iron Dome intercepted one rocket before it could land, while two other rockets landed in open areas.
US Navy to Congress: We Can't Guarantee a Safe Nuclear Fleet
Christopher P. Cavas | Defense News
Fighting back at repeated budget cuts to its nuclear power budget requests, two of the US Navy's top leaders warned Congress on Monday that the cuts can't go on.
Russia's Iskander-E Missile System Ready for Deliveries to Other Countries
RIA Novosti
Iskander-E mobile theater ballistic missile systems are ready for export, awaiting a decision by state authorities, the head of the Russian delegation to arms and military exhibition MILEX-2014 Valery Varlamov said Thursday.