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‘US strikes caused significant physical damage but … ‘: Iran’s nuclear program wiped out? What nuclear watchdog chief said

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said that US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites would have caused “significant physical damage” but it would be “too much” to say that their nuke program has been “wiped out”.Centrifuges, which are spinning machines used to enrich uranium, require a high-degree of precision and are vulnerable to […]

‘Credibility up for auction’: Iran slams IAEA; Tehran lawmakers vote to cut ties with nuclear watchdog

Representative image Tehran’s tensions with global powers escalated further on Wednesday as Iranian lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to suspend cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The move comes after a 12-day conflict involving Israeli and US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities.“The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran will […]

Signal war-chat leak: Pentagon watchdog probes if orders given to Hegseth’s aides to delete messages

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (File photo) The Pentagon’s watchdog is investigating whether any of Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s staff were instructed to delete Signal messages that possibly communicated sensitive military details to a journalist, based on documents and information from two sources familiar with the inquiry, quoted by the Associated Press.The investigation centres on the […]

Who is Grigory Melkonyants? Russian election watchdog leader sentenced to five years in prison | World News

Who is Grigory Melkonyants? Russian election watchdog leader sentenced to five years in prison (Photo: AP) A Moscow court on Wednesday sentenced Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the independent election monitoring group Golos, to five years in prison on charges of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization, a charge widely condemned by human rights advocates […]

Signalgate 2.0: After Hegseth’s leaked Signal chat, watchdog files suit to preserve Trump officials’ messages

A nonprofit watchdog group, American Oversight, expanded a lawsuit on Monday aimed at several senior national security officials in the Trump administration, requesting a federal judge to mandate the preservation of all messages sent via the encrypted communications app Signal. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Washington, DC, and focuses on messages […]

Iran ‘not far’ from having nuclear bomb: UN watchdog

Iran “is not far” from developing an atomic bomb, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said in an interview with Le Monde published on Wednesday, just hours before his visit to Tehran.Rafael Grossi, who leads the International Atomic Energy Agency, acknowledged that whilst Iran hasn’t yet achieved nuclear weapons capability, “they’re not far from […]

$70m saved, 108 deals axed: Musk’s watchdog DOGE torches bloated government contract

Elon Musk (File photo)” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”/> The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, is once again making headlines with its aggressive push to cut what it sees as unnecessary federal spending. On Wednesday, the watchdog group revealed that it had canceled 108 contracts it labeled “wasteful,” boasting a ceiling value of $250 […]