Jessica Phelan and Geoffrey CainMay 3, 2013 04:23

"North Korea will move closer to this goal, as well as increase the threat it poses to US forces and allies in the region, if it continues testing and devoting scarce regime resources to these programs," the Pentagon said.

Jessica PhelanApril 8, 2013 07:19

Chatter: A North Korean nuclear test isn't so imminent after all

South Korea backtracks on its claim that North Korea appeared to be preparing a nuclear test, Syria's capital is car-bombed, Chile's national poet is exhumed, and in Gaza, it's a short back and sides or nothing.

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Graphic. (Antler Agency/GlobalPost)

North Korea will "mass produce" nuclear weapons

Adam Taylor, Business Insider July 2, 2012 16:24

According to documents reportedly found by the Japanese press, late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had ordered that the country "mass-produce" nuclear weapons.

Iran unlikely to develop nuclear weapon in 2012 - ISIS report

News DeskJanuary 26, 2012 07:25

"Iran is unlikely to break out in 2012, in great part because it is deterred from doing so," according to the Institute for Science and International Security.

Michael GoldfarbJanuary 23, 2012 12:49

EU's Iran oil embargo: reactions

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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its battle group have been on patrol in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has threatened to close the Strait in response to EU sanctions on the import of Iranian oil. (U.S. Navy/AFP/Getty Images)

Is the Iran oil embargo another staggering step towards war?

The EU's Iran oil embargo had been expected but that doesn't mean it won't significantly up the temperature.

Julian Borger at The Guardian has a lengthy essay on what this means and how the EU action might lead Iran to indulge in " ... harassment of the oil trade that would drive the price of crude up and keep it up, very much to Iran's benefit, but fall short of a casus belli for war. However, exercising such options requires subtlety and fine judgment on all sides and that is by no means a given. "

Girish GuptaJanuary 13, 2012 12:13

Iran's Ahmadinejad, Fidel Castro discuss war with Israel, US

The Iranian leader's Latin America tour winds down as Iran-US tensions grow

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (L) Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez (C) and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Managua on January 10, 2012. (RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has finished up his tour of Latin America, as tensions between his country and Washington are on the up.

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