Commentary In Israel’s next war, it could face a perfect storm with Iran attacking it from the east, Hamas in Gaza from the south, Hezbollah in Lebanon from the north, and an insurrection from within by Israel’s large Arab population. Israel’s civilian casualties could be immense as tens of thousands of missiles rain down on…
UN Watchdog Warns of ‘Grave Danger’ at Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant
The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency urged Russia and Ukraine to set up a “security protection zone” near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as fears have escalated that fighting could trigger a disaster not seen since the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown. “We are playing with fire, and something very, very catastrophic could take place,” Rafael Grossi, the International…
Liz Truss to be Appointed UK’s New Prime Minister; One Suspect Confirmed Dead in Canada Stabbings | NTD Good Morning
Liz Truss will be appointed as the UK’s new prime minister. Boris Johnson is heading to Scotland to formally offer his resignation after three years in office. A major development in Canada’s Sunday stabbings that killed at least ten and injured 18 others. Canadian authorities say one of the two suspects has been found dead….
Russia, West Step Up Energy War as Risk of Nuclear Disaster Haunts Ukraine
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—As UN inspectors sought to avert a nuclear disaster on Ukraine’s frontline, the West and Russia wounded each other’s economies, with Moscow keeping its main gas pipeline to Germany shut on Saturday while threatened with price caps on oil exports. Russia’s state-controlled energy giant Gazprom blamed a technical fault in the Nord Stream 1…
UN Mission Says Ukraine Nuclear Plant Inspection to Last ‘A Few Days’
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—U.N. nuclear inspectors set off for Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on Wednesday, saying their mission was to prevent a nuclear accident and try to stabilise the situation after weeks of shelling nearby. A Reuters reporter following the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team in a convoy from the capital Kyiv said the inspectors arrived…
Iranian Regime Steps Up Underground Uranium Enrichment, IAEA Report Says
VIENNA—The Iranian regime is pressing ahead with its rollout of an upgrade to its advanced uranium enrichment programme, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog seen by Reuters on Monday showed, even as the West awaits Tehran’s response on salvaging its 2015 nuclear deal. The first of three cascades, or clusters, of advanced IR-6 centrifuges…
Russia Blocks Agreement on UN Nuclear Treaty
Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament which criticized its military takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear plant soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, an act that has raised fears of a nuclear accident. Igor Vishnevetsky, deputy director of the…
German Minister Rules Out Keeping Nuclear Plants Running to Save Gas
BERLIN—German Economy Minister Robert Habeck ruled out on Sunday extending the lifespan of the country’s three remaining nuclear power plants in order to save gas, saying it would save at most 2 percent of gas use. These savings were not sufficient to be worth reopening the debate about the exit from nuclear energy given the…
Russia Says It Could Shut Frontline Nuclear Plant; Kyiv Says That Risks Disaster
KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine—Russia said on Thursday it could shut down Europe’s largest nuclear power station after it came under shelling at the front lines in Ukraine, a move Kyiv said would increase the risk of a nuclear catastrophe there. Moscow also rejected international calls for a demilitarised zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which it…
Plea Deal Rejected for Couple Accused of Selling Nuclear Submarine Secrets
A federal judge on Aug. 16 rejected a plea deal for a U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and his wife who are accused of attempting to sell U.S. submarine secrets to a foreign government. Jonathan, 42, and Diana Toebbe, 45, from Annapolis, Maryland were arrested by the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) in October 2021 during a string operation and…
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