U.S. Ends Losing Streak with Successful Missile Intercept Test
Rachel Oswald | Global Security Newswire
The United States on Sunday intercepted a target ballistic missile, ending a long losing streak of failed tests of its homeland antimissile system. The test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system took place Sunday over the Pacific.
Iran Rejects 'Excessive Demands' in Nuclear Talks with Six Powers
Parisa Hafezi and Justyna Pawlak | Reuters
Iran told six big powers on Friday it would not accept their "excessive demands" after the latest talks on lifting sanctions against Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear work yielded no breakthrough, with a deadline for a deal just a month away.
IAEA to Get More Access to India's Nuclear Programme
Times of India
India said on Monday it was ratifying an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency to expand oversight of its civilian nuclear programme. "India sees its ratification of its additional protocol as an arrow in its quiver supporting its quest for NSG membership," said Mark Hibbs.
Atomic Export Group to Discuss Ties with Nuclear-Armed India
Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
An influential world body that controls nuclear exports will address the sensitive issue of closer ties with India - which is outside the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - at an annual meeting this week, a draft agenda obtained by Reuters showed.
India Nuke Enrichment Plant Expansion Operational in 2015
Douglas Busvine | Reuters
India is expanding a covert uranium enrichment plant that could potentially support the development of thermonuclear weapons, a defence research group said on Friday, raising the stakes in an arms race with China and Pakistan.
Syria's Declared Chemical Weapons Removed
Rebecca Shabad and Justin Sink | Hill
Syria's entire chemical weapons stockpile has been removed, the international watchdog overseeing its destruction announced Monday. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon’s (OPCW) director general, Ahmet Uzumcu, said the final 8 percent of the 1,300-ton chemical arsenal was removed from Syria.