Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that the country's missile program is not and will not be part of any agreement with the US, including the recent 14-point memorandum of understanding. He defended Iran's missile capabilities as essential for defense against potential aggression.
President Trump suggests a denuclearization deal with Russia and China, citing the US's large nuclear arsenal and China's rapid buildup.
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie urges Australia to significantly boost AI investment to maintain strategic independence, warning against becoming a 'supplicant state' to the US amid potential conflict with China. He advocates for an AI ambassador and education reform.
Andrew Hastie warns Australia must boost AI investment to maintain strategic independence, fearing it could become a 'supplicant state' to the US amid potential conflict with China. He advocates for Australia to become a southern hemisphere tech hub and overhaul education for AI development.
China's rapid nuclear arsenal expansion and alleged secret tests raise urgency for US-China talks, potentially leading to a new arms race among great powers.
China has issued a strongly worded position paper warning that Japan could soon produce nuclear weapons, calling on the UN Security Council to make Tokyo's potential pursuit of nuclear arms an 'important agenda item'. The document, released Thursday, claims Japan has mastered the ability to extract weapons-grade plutonium and has stockpiled far more than needed for its civilian nuclear programme.
Republican Senator Deb Fischer, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee's strategic forces subcommittee, says China must be involved in nuclear arms control treaty negotiations. The US has been trying to bring China into the New Start treaty, which expired in February, but China has refused to participate, insisting it has no intention of engaging in an arms race.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has called a potential nuclear arms race his 'worst fear,' warning that a world with 20 or more nuclear weapon states would be extremely dangerous. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, he expressed concern over 'friendly proliferation' and noted public discussions in several European, Asia Minor, and Far East countries about potential nuclear arms possession. He emphasized the fragility of the current nuclear nonproliferation regime and called for efforts to prevent its collapse.
The alliance's renewed support for the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty comes ahead of a key summit.
