Topic: Europe

US may pull tactical nukes out of Europe: report

The United States is in talks with NATO to remove US tactical nuclear weapons from Europe, in a push toward a nuclear-weapons-free world and to cut costs, a Japanese newspaper said Friday.Washington is talking with other NATO member nations about the withdrawal ...

UK, U.S. and Canada step up travel curbs on Iran government

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, the United States and Canada are increasing travel curbs on members of the Iranian government over Iran's disputed nuclear program, Britain's Foreign Office said in a statement."The UK is working closely with its partners to prevent a wide ...

US, Russia nuclear arsenal data released

The United States has 30 percent more deployed long-range ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads than former Cold War foe Russia, according to new data released Wednesday by the State Department.Both countries are required to report key figures from their nuclear weapons arsenals ...

UN atomic watchdog experts set off for Japan

A team of experts from the UN atomic watchdog flew out to Tokyo from Vienna on Sunday to team up with other international experts investigating Japan's nuclear crisis.Six experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency boarded a Tokyo-bound flight from Vienna at ...

Gates arrives in Moscow amid Kremlin rift over Libya

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Moscow on Tuesday for talks on Libya in the middle of the first major public spat between Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.Gates will not meet Putin but will see ...

N. Korea ready to discuss uranium programme

North Korea has told a Russian envoy that it is willing to discuss its uranium enrichment programme and a suspension of nuclear tests if six-party disarmament talks resume, state media said Tuesday."(North Korea) expressed its stand that it can go out to ...

Iran confirms unloading fuel from Bushehr reactor

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran confirmed on Saturday it was having to remove nuclear fuel from the reactor of its only nuclear power station, signaling more problems for the Russian-built Bushehr plant after decades of delay.Iran's nuclear envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh told the ...

Syria may have built atom site near Damascus: report

VIENNA (Reuters) - Western intelligence agencies suspect Syria may have been building a secret nuclear-related site near Damascus, a German daily said, and a U.S. think-tank suggested it could be linked to a site bombed by Israel in 2007.If confirmed, Thursday's report ...

U.S. and Russia cap "reset" in ties with START treaty

MUNICH (Reuters) - The United States and Russia formally inaugurated their new START nuclear arms treaty on Saturday, capping two years of work to "reset" the sometimes strained ties between the former Cold War enemies.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian ...

List of guests shrinks for Iranian nuclear tour

VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia is not expected to join a weekend tour of Iranian nuclear sites, a senior diplomat said on Friday, in a possible further setback for what a Western envoy called a failed "publicity stunt" by the Islamic Republic.In Geneva, ...