Iran Test-Fires Ballistic Missile For First Time in 2018, Officials Say
Lucas Tomlinson | Fox News
For the first time in more than a year, Iran test-fired a ballistic missile in a brazen display of defiance months after President Trump pulled the United States out of a landmark nuclear deal and days before his administration slapped new sanctions on the Islamic Republic, three U.S. officials with knowledge of the launch tell Fox News.
Iran’s Khamenei Rejects Trump Offer of Talks, Chides Government Over Economy
Parisa Hafezi | Reuters
Iran’s Supreme Leader on Monday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of unconditional talks to improve bilateral ties and he also accused the Iranian government of economic mismanagement in the face of reimposed U.S. sanctions.
Once ‘No Longer a Nuclear Threat,’ North Korea Now in Standoff With U.S.
David E. Sanger and William J. Broad | New York Times
North Korea is insisting that the United States declare that the Korean War is over before providing a detailed, written disclosure of all its atomic weapons stockpiles, its nuclear production facilities and its missiles as a first major step toward denuclearization.
North Korea Vows to Retain Nuclear Knowledge
Bryan Harris | Financial Times
North Korea has said it will retain its nuclear knowledge in comments likely to strain an increasingly tense relationship between Pyongyang and Washington. Two months after agreeing to reset relations at a historic summit in Singapore, ties between the two nations appear to have hit a roadblock on the issue of denuclearization, with Pyongyang criticizing Washington for its refusal to ease sanctions.
Rival Korea Leaders Plan September Meeting in Pyongyang
Japan Times
The rival Koreas announced Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Pyongyang sometime in September, while their envoys also discussed Pyongyang’s nuclear disarmament efforts and international sanctions.
Moscow Ready to Discuss its Newest Strategic Weapons With U.S.: RIA
Reuters
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday Moscow was ready to discuss its newest strategic weapons with the United States even though they were not part of the INF arms control treaty, Russian state news agency RIA reported.