Obama Sees an Iran Deal That Could Avoid Congress
David E. Sanger | New York Times
No one knows if the Obama administration will manage in the next five weeks to strike what many in the White House consider the most important foreign policy deal of his presidency: an accord with Iran that would forestall its ability to make a nuclear weapon. But the White House has made one significant decision: If agreement is reached, President Obama will do everything in his power to avoid letting Congress vote on it.
IAEA Says Iran Acts to Comply with Interim Nuclear Deal with Powers
Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
Iran is taking further action to comply with an interim nuclear agreement with six world powers, a monthly U.N. atomic agency report showed, a finding the West may see as positive ahead of a November deadline for clinching a long-term deal.
Talk of Nuclear Hazards in Kashmir Clashes
Raja Asghar | Dawn
The Minister for States and Frontier Regions, retired Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch, stressed that he was not making a threat after he said countries possessing nuclear capability would “not keep it merely in cold storage” but could use it "in time of need."
Nuclear Weapons Deal with US Renewed in Secret, UK Confirms
Richard Norton-Taylor | Guardian
The British government has just published amendments updating the Mutual Defence Agreement first signed in 1958, which, according to the government, enables the UK and the US "nuclear warhead communities to collaborate on all aspects of nuclear deterrence."
China Says it's Hard to Resume Cyber Security Talks with U.S.
China Daily
Resuming cyber security cooperation between China and the United States would be difficult because of "mistaken US practices", China's top diplomat told US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Cyber Security Units to Protect Russia's Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles
RT
The IT systems of all Russian nuclear weapons stockpiles will be protected by a new team of anti-hackers, the Defense Ministry said after a year-long "hunting season" for programmers.