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The UN Security Council stalemate over North Korea's rocket launch is turning into an early test of the Obama administration's U.N.-focused multilateralism. While the U.S.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced "from now on," the U.S. would take part directly in international talks with Iran over its nuclear activities.
A Manhattan grand jury indicted a Chinese executive and his company on charges of covertly using U.S. banks to finance the sale of tons of restricted materials to Iran in violation of U.N.
In an appearance on Comedy Central's Colbert Report, Queen Noor convinces host Stephen Colbert to sign the pledge in exchange for Global Zero knighthood. Global Zero, a Ploughshares grantee, works to eliminate nuclear weapons globally. Watch the video below.
Congressional Democrats opposing President Obama’s sweeping changes to the military budget, which would scrap several high-profile weapons programs like the F-22, could be in a bind. Voting to restore programs could weaken Obama politically and anger their leaders, while cutting them
While the same type of rocket that can launch a satellite into space can also carry a nuclear warhead thousands of miles, Joe Cirincione said that North Korea's ballistic missile program appeared capable of carrying only a small satellite into orbi
The failure of North Korea's rocket to reach orbit buys time to address the security threat, though the launch's partial success could boost Pyongyang's sales of missile technology to Syria, Iran and others, according to diplomats and analysts.