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North Korea's Nuclear Program What Is Kim Up To

North Korea’s Nuclear Program: What Is Kim Up To?

November 7, 2022 2:04 am

Over the years, moments of tension with North Korea have always come and gone, but a cursory look at the situation right now on the Korean peninsula would show that the situation is the most volatile it has ever been in the past decade, with signs that things could deteriorate even further. The question that has been on everyone’s lips is, ‘what is Kim Jong-un up to?’ The answer to this question isn’t as farfetched as you might imagine. In fact, it is relatively straightforward.

Anytime North Korea appears to go on a missile test, the rest of the world …

War Officials Tells Kherson Residents To Leave Immediately

War: Officials Tells Kherson Residents To Leave Immediately

October 23, 2022 12:51 am

In a suspicious move, Pro-Russian authorities have begun urging residents in the southern Kherson region, which Moscow claims to have annexed, to leave the main city ‘immediately’ in the face of Kyiv’s advancing counter-offensive which could be devastating.

This is coming barely 24 hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that Russia had launched 36 rockets overnight in a ‘massive attack’ on Ukraine, the heels of reported strikes on energy infrastructure that resulted in power outages across the country.

Meanwhile, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has now become the latest world leader to berate Moscow for its talk of resorting to …

Ukraine Allies Fear Disaster Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

Ukraine: Allies Fear Disaster Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

August 22, 2022 4:17 am
Ukrainian emergency services have been practicing how to respond in case of a catastrophe close to the Zaporizhzhia facility. The US, the UK, France, Germany, and others have emphasised the necessity of ensuring the security of nuclear plants which is at risk from the situation in Ukraine.
The four leaders also reaffirmed their backing for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s aggression while speaking in phone on Sunday.
There are already worries of a catastrophe as Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of bombarding a nuclear plant controlled by Russia.
Africa Daily News,  New York reports that prior to Independence
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Ukraine's Nuclear Operator Reports Cyberattack On Its Website

Ukraine’s Nuclear Operator Reports Cyberattack On Its Website

August 17, 2022 4:00 am

Ukraine’s nuclear operator Energoatom has raised alarm over what it called an ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack on its website however insisting that its operations had not been tampered with.

‘On August 16, 2022, the most powerful cyberattack since the start of the Russian invasion occurred against Energoatom’s website,’ the operator said in Telegram message that was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York.

It ‘was attacked from Russian territory’.

The Russian ‘popular cyberarmy’ group used more than 7 million internet bots to attack the website for three hours, Energoatom said.

However, the assault ‘did not have a considerable impact on the work …

Iran Dispatches Team To Resume Nuclear Talks In Vienna

Iran Dispatches Team To Resume Nuclear Talks In Vienna

August 4, 2022 4:50 am

Iran has announced that it has resolved to send a delegation to Vienna to resume talks to revive the frayed 2015 agreement on its nuclear programme that has been halted since March.

‘As part of the policy of lifting cruel sanctions against our country, Iran’s negotiating team led by Ali Bagheri, the Islamic republic’s chief negotiator, will leave for Vienna in a few hours,’ foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in a statement sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Thursday.

Negotiations in Vienna had begun in April 2021 to restore the deal, but have stalled for the past …

Putin Orders Instructs Nuclear Forces To Be On High Alert

Putin Orders Nuclear Forces To Be On High Alert

February 28, 2022 6:22 am
As the tensions in Europe continue to build up, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence chiefs to put the country’s nuclear ‘deterrence forces’ on high alert while also accusing the West of taking ‘unfriendly’ steps against his country which would not go unnoticed.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that international tensions have continued to soar over Russia’s last Thursday’s invasion of Ukraine.

Recall that Putin had also warned the West of severe consequences should any of them consider military intervention.

It is now believed that Putin’s order will now cause further alarm and more tension if steps

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Iran Set To Resume Nuclear Talks In Vienna

Iran Set To Resume Nuclear Talks In Vienna

May 2, 2021 1:17 am

Parties involved in the Iran nuclear agreement are to resume Saturday the third round of negotiations in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the accord.

The deal, which curbs Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief, has been on life support since then US President Donald Trump bolted in 2018.

The remaining partners to the 2015 accord have been engaged in negotiations since early April to try to revive it.

The third round of talks started on Tuesday and, after several days of technical discussions between expert groups and delegations, will resume on Saturday.

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Tension Build Up As Iranian Nuclear Plant Is Hit By Attacks

Tension Build Up As Iranian Nuclear Plant Is Hit By Attacks

April 12, 2021 5:20 am

An incident at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday was is believed to have been caused by an act of ‘nuclear terrorism’ has created more concerns in Tehran as tensions continue to build up.

 

Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi on Sunday said Tehran reserves the right to take action against the perpetrators but however declined to reveal what the ‘actions’ could be.

Israel’s Kan public radio cited intelligence sources, whose nationality it did not disclose, as saying that Israel’s Mossad spy agency had carried out a cyberattack at the site.

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Be ‘Constructive’ At Nuclear Talks, France Urges Iran

Be ‘Constructive’ At Nuclear Talks, France Urges Iran

April 4, 2021 1:32 am

Ahead of next week’s talks with world powers in Vienna, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Saturday called on Iran to be ‘constructive’ when making its submissions over Nuclear engagements.

The European Union at the moment is doing everything it can to bring US President Joe Biden’s administration back into the nuclear accord to limit Tehran’s ambitions.

The United States will not take part directly in the discussions, which will also involve China, Germany, Russia, and Britain.

But for the first time since former leader Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran agreement in 2018, a US delegation will …

North Korea Accuses Biden Of Pursuing ‘Hostile Policy'

N-Korea Says It Will Counter Nuclear With Nuclear Over Hostile US Policy

June 26, 2020 5:17 pm

North Korea Thursday said it has no choice but to “counter nuclear with nuclear” over the “hostile policy” of the United States, which it blames for failed bilateral talks.

“In order to eliminate the nuclear threats from the U.S., the DPRK government made all possible efforts either through dialogue or in resort to the international law, but all ended in vain,” North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute for Disarmament and Peace said in a report, according to NK News, a U.S. website based in South Korea. “The option left was only one, and that was to counter nuclear with …

Nuclear Advancement: Russia Begins Training Of Ghanians

January 11, 2020 1:15 pm
Russia and three key Ghana universities are collaborating to help the Ghanaian upcoming engineers, physicists, doctors and researchers to receive world-class masters and postgraduate education in nuclear subjects.

Mr Valery Karezin, Director of Educational Projects and the Human Resources Service at the State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM), made this known in a statement on Saturday.

Karezin said: “About 300 students from more than 15 African countries are already studying nuclear specialties in Russia.

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“We also contribute to the development of higher education in the field, strengthening cooperation between higher

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FG Raises The Alarm Over Chemical, Nuclear Attacks

December 22, 2019 4:10 am

In what appears to be a fresh twist to the attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group in the North -East, the Federal Government has raised the alarm that the sect’ s alliance with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria increases the possibility of it ( Boko Haram ) deploying chemical, biological , radiological , nuclear and explosive attacks in the future.

The Federal Government noted that the proliferation of the CBRNE weapons , their means of delivery , the spreading of technological skills required for their production and the possibility of their use constitute a threat to national …

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