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Opinion: Pakistan Is The Crisis Flying Under The Radar
The set of foreign-policy challenges headed like a freight train at the Trump administration is obvious: the Islamic State and the associated tragedy of Syria; a bubbling North Korea led by an unpredictable dictator with a fistful of nuclear weapons; an angry China hypersensitive about Taiwan and the South China Sea; and Russian cyber-activity roil...
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Trump Lays Out Vision For Gaining Respect From Muslim World
In the wake of the Brussels terror attacks, Donald Trump fleshed out aspects of his national security strategy that include weighing whether NATO is obsolete, an emphasis on the virtues of unpredictability on the part of an American president, the potential use of nuclear weapons against Islamic State as a last resort and a single-minded focus of e...
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India Made Substantial Sacrifice to Impose Iran Sanctions: United States
Acknowledging India's "substantial sacrifice" to implement sanctions against Iran, the United States has said there would be "no basis" for countries like India to continue with the curbs if the Iranian nuclear deal is scuttled by the Congress.
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North Korea Says No Interest in Iran-Style Nuclear Deal
North Korea said today it had no interest in following Iran down the path of nuclear dialogue, insisting it was already a nuclear weapons state and therefore beyond any logical comparison with Tehran.
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Islamic State May Have Radioactive Material to Build 'Dirty Bomb': Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
The Islamic State (IS) is believed to have collected radioactive material from hospitals and research establishments in cities it has captured in Iraq and Syria which it could use to build a large 'dirty bomb', Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned.
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Israel Thanks US for Stand on Mideast Nuclear Arms Ban at UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the United States for blocking an Egyptian-led drive on a possible Middle East nuclear weapons ban at a major United Nations conference, an Israeli official said on Saturday.
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Tough Issues in Iran Nuclear Deal Still to Crack
Negotiators working to a June 30 deadline were today set to begin finalising a historic nuclear deal curtailing Iran's nuclear activities in exchange for lifting painful international sanctions.
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Islamic State May Possess Nuclear Material Stolen From Iraq: Report
Islamic State terror group may have developed a nuclear device by using radioactive uranium stolen from Iraq's Mosul University after seizing control of the city last June, according to a British media report.
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Iran Seeks Give And Take on Militants, Nuclear Program
Iran is ready to work with the United States and its allies to stop Islamic State militants, but would like to see more flexibility on Iran's uranium enrichment program, senior Iranian officials told Reuters.
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Opinion: Pakistan Is The Crisis Flying Under The Radar
The set of foreign-policy challenges headed like a freight train at the Trump administration is obvious: the Islamic State and the associated tragedy of Syria; a bubbling North Korea led by an unpredictable dictator with a fistful of nuclear weapons; an angry China hypersensitive about Taiwan and the South China Sea; and Russian cyber-activity roil...
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Trump Lays Out Vision For Gaining Respect From Muslim World
In the wake of the Brussels terror attacks, Donald Trump fleshed out aspects of his national security strategy that include weighing whether NATO is obsolete, an emphasis on the virtues of unpredictability on the part of an American president, the potential use of nuclear weapons against Islamic State as a last resort and a single-minded focus of e...
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India Made Substantial Sacrifice to Impose Iran Sanctions: United States
Acknowledging India's "substantial sacrifice" to implement sanctions against Iran, the United States has said there would be "no basis" for countries like India to continue with the curbs if the Iranian nuclear deal is scuttled by the Congress.
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North Korea Says No Interest in Iran-Style Nuclear Deal
North Korea said today it had no interest in following Iran down the path of nuclear dialogue, insisting it was already a nuclear weapons state and therefore beyond any logical comparison with Tehran.
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Islamic State May Have Radioactive Material to Build 'Dirty Bomb': Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
The Islamic State (IS) is believed to have collected radioactive material from hospitals and research establishments in cities it has captured in Iraq and Syria which it could use to build a large 'dirty bomb', Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned.
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Israel Thanks US for Stand on Mideast Nuclear Arms Ban at UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the United States for blocking an Egyptian-led drive on a possible Middle East nuclear weapons ban at a major United Nations conference, an Israeli official said on Saturday.
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Tough Issues in Iran Nuclear Deal Still to Crack
Negotiators working to a June 30 deadline were today set to begin finalising a historic nuclear deal curtailing Iran's nuclear activities in exchange for lifting painful international sanctions.
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Islamic State May Possess Nuclear Material Stolen From Iraq: Report
Islamic State terror group may have developed a nuclear device by using radioactive uranium stolen from Iraq's Mosul University after seizing control of the city last June, according to a British media report.
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Iran Seeks Give And Take on Militants, Nuclear Program
Iran is ready to work with the United States and its allies to stop Islamic State militants, but would like to see more flexibility on Iran's uranium enrichment program, senior Iranian officials told Reuters.
