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U.S. representatives told the U.N.’s Conference on Disarmament that China has conducted secret nuclear weapons tests.

New satellite imagery shows Iran has buried the entrances to a hardened tunnel complex at its Isfahan nuclear site, a move a U.S.-based watchdog said signals Tehran is “seriously concerned” about a strike or raid.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that he viewed recent talks with the United States as “a step forward,” but his foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, insisted on the same day that Iran will never give up its uranium enrichment program.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio affirmed in an essay published on Friday that the administration of President Donald Trump would not pursue a new nuclear arms reduction agreement with only Russia, arguing that China’s “rapid and opaque” nuclear buildup made such a deal “obsolete.”

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, held a “virtual meeting” on Wednesday in which they celebrated their countries’ close bonds and vowed to expand “high-level exchanges,” trade, and diplomacy.

President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday that an “armada” of American warships is heading for Iran, and implied that military force could be on the table if the regime in Tehran continues murdering its own people to stay in power.

Communist dictator Kim Jong-un of North Korea reportedly led the testing of long-range cruise missiles, the country’s state media outlets revealed on Monday, intended to preserve Pyongyang’s ability to conduct nuclear bombings.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance warned that the mass migration agenda could risk a nuclear weapons in Europe falling under the control of Islamist politicians.

Chinese state media has been heavily promoting a rumor that the administration of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae wants to develop nuclear weapons that could potentially be used against China.

Putin discussed what Russia would have to do to perform a nuclear test at short notice during a meeting of his Security Council in Moscow. 

Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead,” former Obama administration U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul called President Donald Trump “confused” during a discussion about Trump instructing the Department of War to start testing nuclear weapons.

Russia tested a new nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile fit to confound existing defenses, inching closer to deploying it to its military, President Vladimir Putin claimed in remarks released on Sunday.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin oversaw exercises of his nuclear forces from the Kremlin on Wednesday.

The government of Russia confirmed on Wednesday that it would entirely disregard United Nations “snapback” sanctions on Iran reimposed this week after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ruled Iran in violation of international laws governing nuclear development.

North Korea’s representative at the United Nations took the podium at the General Assembly on Monday to declare that Pyongyang would never give up its illicit nuclear weapons program, going as far as to credit the country’s pursuit of nuclear weapons with the peaceful status quo on the Korean Peninsula.

Thousands of Iranian Americans and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) flooded New York City this week to denounce regime president Masoud Pezeshkian’s appearance at the United Nations General Assembly, declaring “conditions are more favorable now for the collapse of the regime than they have been in decades” and demanding international recognition of the Iranian people’s right to overthrow the theocracy.

Iranian President Mahmoud Pezeshkian, who is subservient to “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, spent much of his Wednesday meeting with European leaders, pressuring them not to implement “snapback” measures that would restore sanctions on his country over its illicit nuclear development.

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un says he has “good personal memories” of talks with President Trump, but will not discuss denuclearization.

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif on Thursday answered a lingering question about the new defense pact between his country and Saudi Arabia by confirming that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is covered by the agreement.

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a defense pact with its longtime ally Pakistan, a move clearly inspired by Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar last week.

Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), confirmed this week that he would campaign to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations in 2026.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Monday ordered a rapid buildup of nuclear weapons, ostensibly because recent joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea were an “obvious expression of their will to provoke war.”

A senior official with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog body, is expected to land in Tehran on Monday for talks with the rogue Islamist regime – less than two months after Iran outlawed cooperation with the agency.

Iranian state media confirmed the execution on Wednesday of Rouzbeh Vadi, identified as one of the nation’s top nuclear scientists, on charges of alleged espionage and cooperation with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency.

Top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized in remarks on reporters on Monday that strongman Vladimir Putin fully controls the nation’s foreign policy, apparently dismissing Security Council official Dmitry Medvedev’s regular nuclear threats as irrelevant despite his high status in the Russian government.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi repeated his demand the United States pay some form of “compensation” for bombing the nation’s illicit nuclear sites in an interview published Thursday, stating Tehran has zero appetite for resuming talks with the West.

Nations agreed to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal.

France will co-ordinate its nuclear weapons with a foreign power for the first time under a new agreement with the United Kingdom.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday that the uranium enrichment facility at Fordow was “seriously and heavily damaged” by U.S. bombers on June 21. He said Iranian officials are still assessing the full extent of the damage.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro claimed, without evidence, on Monday that the WhatsApp messaging platform was used to “kill Iranian scientists,” referring to Israel’s recent military operations against Iran’s nuclear program.

President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran, who is subordinate to elderly “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signed a parliamentary bill into law on Wednesday ending all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who led the stalled nuclear deal talks with the United States, demanded in a letter to the United Nations on Sunday that the global body help Tehran seek “reparation” for the damage caused by American airstrikes on his country’s illicit nuclear sites.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi suggested in an interview on Thursday that Iran will be demanding “compensation for damages” to its illicit nuclear development sites in any future diplomatic engagements with America after President Donald Trump approved airstrikes targeting the facilities.