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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

U.S. President Donald Trump bows his head during a medal of honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2026
Trump warns of longer Iran war and refuses to rule out U.S. boots on ground
In his first public comments since launching the operation, the president who long campaigned for “no new wars” laid out what he said were four key objectives for hitting Iran.
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the nuclear submarine Navy base Ile Longue in Crozon, France, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2026
France to expand nuclear arsenal and let European allies host atomic weapons
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that eight European countries had agreed to participate in what he called a “forward” nuclear deterrence scheme.
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, on his way back to Washington amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
WORLD
Mar 2, 2026
Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack U.S. first
The United States and Israel have launched their most ambitious attacks on Iran in decades, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hitting targets across the country.
People mourn the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed amid joint U.S. and Israeli strikes, at a square in Tehran on Sunday.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2026
Khamenei killing shatters Iran’s order and triggers high-stakes succession race
The focus now is on whether the Revolutionary Guard, long seen as the true center of gravity, emerge weakened by battlefield losses and internal frictions — or more entrenched.
Smoke plumes rise following missile strikes in Tehran on Sunday amid strikes on Iran by the U.S. and Israeli militaries.
WORLD
Mar 2, 2026
Trump says strikes to continue as Israel and Iran trade barrages after Khamenei killing
U.S. and Israeli strikes — and Iranian retaliation — sent shock waves worldwide through sectors from shipping to air travel to oil, amid warnings of rising energy costs.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressing the nation in March 2014. Witnesses said Saturday that loud cheers echoed across parts of Tehran as residents took to their windows to applaud and play celebratory music after reports of Khamenei's death in strikes by Israeli and U.S. forces.
WORLD
Mar 1, 2026
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in strikes
Khamenei’s death was a seismic development in a conflict that’s spread to half a dozen countries across the Middle East and threatens to disrupt energy flows.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles as Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens while monitoring Operation Epic Fury, the military operation against Iran, at an unnamed location on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2026
Trump’s Iran strikes mark his biggest foreign policy gamble
The U.S. president, who came to office last year promising to avoid “stupid wars,” has also set out a daunting objective of regime change in Tehran.
U.S. President Donald Trump dances during an event in Texas on Friday. Trump has sought to position himself as a global peacemaker, but on Iran he has taken a consistently hard line.
WORLD
Feb 28, 2026
Who are the main players in the latest U.S.-Iran crisis?
The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran following failed negotiations and a crackdown on mass protests against the Islamic republic.
Graffiti on a wall in Tehran reads "Down with the U.S.A" on Saturday, the same day Israel said it launched a preemptive attack against Iran.
WORLD
Feb 28, 2026
U.S.-Iran: more than four decades of enmity
Saturday’s U.S. and Israeli strikes mark only the latest in a series of conflicts.
Smoke rises in Iran following an explosion, after Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel had launched a preemptive attack against Iran, on Saturday.
WORLD
Feb 28, 2026
U.S. and Israel launch strikes on Iran, targeting its leadership
President Donald Trump said the strikes would end a security threat to the U.S. and give Iranians a chance to topple their rulers.
U.S.President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside of the White House in Washington, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2026
Trump says frustrated with Iran, but mediator sees ‘breakthrough’
Mediator Oman said that Tehran had agreed to zero stockpiling of any uranium, making moot the question of the level of enrichment.
An image of what Ukrainian law enforcement sources say is a fragment of a Russian 9M729 missile, in a location given as Lapaiivka, Ukraine.
WORLD
Feb 27, 2026
Ukraine images indicate Russia used missile at heart of nuclear pact collapse
The cruise missile’s deployment dozens of times in Ukraine is a striking example of how the nuclear arms control edifice emerging from the Cold War has crumbled in recent years.
Any substantial move toward an agreement between longtime foes Washington and Tehran could reduce the imminent prospects for U.S President Donald Trump to carry out a threatened attack on Iran.
WORLD
Feb 27, 2026
U.S.-Iran talks end with no deal but potential signs of progress
The two sides plan to resume negotiations soon, with technical-level discussions scheduled to take place next week in Vienna.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a military parade to commemorate the conclusion of a rare ruling party congress in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2026
North Korea could ‘get on well’ with U.S., Kim says, while spurning South Korea
The North Korean leader’s remarks suggest he may be open to a return to talks with Washington as he called Seoul’s “appeasement attitude” a “clumsy deceptive farce.”
A woman walks past a wall painting in the colors of the Iranian flag in Tehran on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2026
U.S.-Iran nuclear talks to resume in Geneva against backdrop of military threat
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will attend the indirect talks with Iran’s foreign minister.
Two U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornets attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-41) prepare to launch from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea on Feb. 15.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2026
Memo to the Trump administration: Iran has no Maduro
A U.S. attack on Iran could create precisely that no-win outcome: To advance is hell; to retreat is hell.
People walk past a domestically built "Khaibar-buster" missile and banners showing portraits of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late armed forces commanders, at Baharestan Square in Tehran last October.
WORLD
Feb 25, 2026
Iran dismisses missile and nuclear claims after Trump alleges ‘sinister ambitions’
U.S. President Donald Trump also laid out his case for a possible attack on Iran, saying he would not allow the world’s biggest sponsor of terrorism to have a nuclear weapon.
Iran's security chief Ali Larijani is adept at balancing ideological loyalty with pragmatic statecraft, and is central to Tehran's nuclear policy and strategic diplomacy.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 25, 2026
The veteran ‘insider’ shaping Iran’s nuclear policy
When U.S. and Iranian negotiators meet on Thursday in Geneva, Iran’s top security chief Ali Larijani will be Tehran’s key player behind the scenes.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un applauds as he attends a ruling Workers' Party of Korea congress, where he was re-elected as general-secretary in Pyongyang on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 23, 2026
North Korea’s ruling party reelects Kim as general-secretary at rare congress
The congress cited leader Kim Jong Un’s achievements, including the county’s “radically improved” nuclear forces.
Iranian women walk past an anti-U.S. billboard in Tehran on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 23, 2026
Tehran is ready for nuclear concessions if U.S. meets demands, Iranian official says
Both sides remain sharply divided — even over the scope and sequencing of relief from crippling U.S. sanctions — following two rounds of talks.
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense
A graphic illustration of the Hayabusa2 probe flying past the asteroid Torifune
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  

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