Trump Promised Kim Jong Un He’d Sign an Agreement to End The Korean War
Alex Ward | Vox
President Donald Trump told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their Singapore summit in June that he’d sign a declaration to end the Korean War soon after their meeting, according to multiple sources familiar with the negotiations.
Trump Says No Reason to Resume Military Exercises With South Korea
Nancy Youssef | Wall Street Journal
President Trump cast new doubt Wednesday on the future of U.S.-South Korea military exercises, which were suspended earlier this year to smooth the way for now-stalled denuclearization talks with North Korea.
Iran Is Complying With Nuclear Deal Restrictions – IAEA Report
Francois Murphy and Robin Emmott | Reuters
Iran has remained within the main restrictions on its nuclear activities imposed by a 2015 deal with major powers, a confidential report by the U.N. atomic watchdog indicated on Thursday.
Khamenei Sees No Hope of Europe Salvaging Iran Nuclear Deal
Ladane Nasseri | Bloomberg
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Iran should stop pinning its hopes on Europe saving the international nuclear deal battered by the U.S. withdrawal, as he signaled his nation too may exit the agreement.
At Dimona Reactor, Netanyahu Warns Israel’s Foes They Risk Ruin
Dan Williams | Reuters
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a visit to a secretive Israeli atomic reactor on Wednesday to warn the country’s enemies that it has the means to destroy them, in what appeared to be a veiled reference to its assumed nuclear arsenal.
Fuel Removal Work Starts at Japan’s Monju Reactor
World Nuclear News
Work has started to remove fuel assemblies from a sodium-filled storage tank at the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR), the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has announced. Once all these assemblies have been placed in a water-filled pool, removal of assemblies from the reactor itself will begin.