Day: July 10, 2020
Israel’s alleged Natanz strike ‘as complex as Stuxnet,’ a major blow to Iran
Blast at centrifuge assembly facility may have set back development by 2 years, experts tell the NY Times, with series of strikes causing ‘extreme internal and external pressure’ TOI staff Today, 10:02 pm An alleged Israeli attack on an advanced centrifuge development and assembly plant at Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment facility exhibited the complexity of […]
Russian FM Lavrov Warns About Rising Risks of Nuclear Confrontation
According to Russia’s top diplomat, Moscow will raise its voice against a possible confrontation at the next summit of UN Security Council permanent members, which also includes the US, China, France, and Great Britain. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday stated that the risk of a global nuclear confrontation has increased significantly. He stressed […]
In phone call, France’s Macron asks Netanyahu to drop West Bank annexation bid
French president ’emphasized that such a move would contravene international law,’ says his office, in latest European push against plan By AFP and TOI staff Today, 12:13 pm French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from annexing territory — in the West Bank and elsewhere — during a telephone call […]
Egypt hackers attack Ethiopian sites as Nile dam talks falter
Ethiopia announced it has foiled an Egyptian cyber attack as tensions deepen between the two countries over the limping negotiations on the Nile dam dispute. Egyptian hackers are joining the battle between Egypt and Addis Ababa over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), as Ethiopia prepares to begin filling the dam’s massive reservoir this month. The Ethiopian News Agency […]
Turkey’s Erdogan may be seriously pursuing his nuclear ambitions: Expert
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be seriously pursuing nuclear weapons, according to non-proliferation expert John Spacapan. Spacapan who is a fellow at the Non-proliferation Policy Education Center in Washington DC, wrote in an article published on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Tuesday that despite Turkey being party to the Treaty on the […]
Iran can produce nuclear bomb in 6 months: intel officer
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