Iran says open to indirect nuclear talks with US

[ad_1] TEHRAN: Iran said on Monday it was open to indirect talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump had demanded negotiations for a new nuclear deal.“The way is open for indirect negotiations,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, dismissing the prospect of direct talks “until there is a change in the other side’s approach […]

Ukraine was once the world’s 3rd largest nuclear power on Earth—here’s why it gave them up | World News

[ad_1] Ukraine, after the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, was left with one of the world’s largest nuclear stockpiles. The third-largest nuclear power, it inherited around 5,000 nuclear weapons, including intercontinental missiles that could deliver thermonuclear warheads. After having this powerful arsenal, Ukraine took the unprecedented step of relinquishing its nuclear […]