Topic: Nuclear Proliferation

Iran military shoots down U.S. drone: state TV

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's military said on Sunday it had shot down a U.S. reconnaissance drone aircraft in eastern Iran, a military source told state television."Iran's military has downed an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern Iran," Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam state ...
Australia's ruling Labor party voted in favour of lifting its long-standing ban on exporting uranium to India following a passionate debate on nuclear proliferation and environmental fears.The change, proposed by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, was on Sunday agreed by delegates at Labor's ...

Israel must 'mend fences' to end isolation: US

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urged Israel to try and end its increasing regional "isolation" by repairing diplomatic ties with Egypt and Turkey and renewing peace efforts with the Palestinians."Unfortunately, over the past year, we've seen Israel's isolation from its traditional security ...

U.N. sanctions on Iran have been "exhausted": Russia

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Moscow believes there is no room for further U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said on Friday."We believe the sanctions track in the Security Council has been exhausted," he ...

EU may study oil embargo on Iran; China urges calm

BRUSSELS/TEHRAN (Reuters) - EU nations agreed on Thursday to examine sanctions on Iran's energy sector over its nuclear program which could include an oil embargo, championed by France and Britain.China, the biggest buyer of Iranian crude, stepped in to warn against "emotionally ...

U.S. uncertain Israel would advise before Iran strike

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer told Reuters on Wednesday he did not know whether Israel would alert the United States ahead of time if it decided to take military action against Iran.General Martin Dempsey, the ...

Analysis: For Iran, the sanctions price may be worth paying

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran regards its nuclear program as a source of power and prestige and tougher sanctions look unlikely to alter Tehran's cost-benefit analysis much despite the economic pain they cause.Deep mistrust of Western intentions and security concerns in a volatile ...

EU preparing more sanctions on Iran: Van Rompuy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Union is preparing new restrictive measures against Iran and shares U.S. concerns about Tehran's nuclear program, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Monday.Van Rompuy did not offer details of the planned sanctions in remarks to ...

Netanyahu calls for tougher sanctions on Iran

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Wednesday for stronger sanctions on Iran than those imposed this week by the United States, Britain and Canada to try to curb its nuclear ambitions."Iran is developing nuclear weapons. If anyone had ...

Obama policy has slowed Iran nuclear effort: aide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top national security aide said on Tuesday a U.S.-led drive to isolate Iran had slowed its nuclear program and that there was still "time, space and means" to persuade Tehran to abandon atomic weapons ambitions.National security ...