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N. Korea could deploy nuclear-armed missiles in 5 yrs

Kyodo News InternationalMay 10, 2013 00:00
North Korea could deploy a nuclear-armed missile within five years, a senior South Korean official said Friday in what would be the first such assessment on the North's nuclear weapons capability, according to Yonhap News Agency.

Securing Syria's chemical arms would carry huge risks

Agence France-PresseMay 3, 2013 21:30
A military mission to secure Syria's chemical arsenal would require a large ground force and pose huge risks, with the outcome hinging on the quality of Western intelligence, experts say. With the Syrian regime suspected of using chemical agents against rebels, US and Western military commanders are planning for a possible worst-case scenario in which an international force would move in to neutralize the lethal weapons.

Fresh round of Iran nuclear talks Istanbul May 15

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 21:15
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Istanbul on May 15, a spokesman for her office said Thursday. The talks follow a meeting between the two in Almaty on April 5 and 6 that failed to produce an accord. Ashton represents the five permanent UN security council members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany in efforts to reach a deal on Iran's disputed nuclear programme. ccr/ric

"Evidence" of Syria chemical weapons use not up to U.N. standard

April 26, 2013 13:15
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Assertions of chemical weapon use in Syria by Western and Israeli officials citing photos, sporadic shelling and traces of toxins do not meet the standard of proof needed for a U.N. team of experts waiting to gather their own field evidence.

"Evidence" of Syrian chemical weapon use not up to U.N. standard

April 26, 2013 11:30
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Assertions of chemical weapon use in Syria by Western and Israeli officials citing photos, sporadic shelling and traces of toxins do not meet the standard of proof needed for a U.N. team of experts waiting to gather their own field evidence. Weapons inspectors will only determine whether banned chemical agents were used in the two-year-old conflict if they are able to access sites and take soil, blood, urine or tissue samples and examine them in certified laboratories.

Britain has proof of chemical weapons use in Syria

April 12, 2013 20:46
British military scientists have found forensic evidence that chemical weapons have been used in the conflict in Syria, the Times newspaper reported on Saturday. A soil sample thought to have been taken from an area close to Damascus and smuggled back to Britain has provided proof that "some kind of chemical weapon" had been fired, it quoted defence sources as saying. The tests were carried out at the Ministry of Defence's chemical and biological research establishment at Porton Down, it added in the front-page story.

Pentagon report on North Korea nuclear capabilities stirs worry, doubts

April 11, 2013 23:30
By David Alexander and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pentagon spy agency report concluded that North Korea likely has a nuclear bomb that can be launched on a missile, but U.S. defence and intelligence officials cast doubt on Pyongyang's atomic weapons capabilities. Illustrating the high stakes surrounding the escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula, a study by the Pentagon's Defence Intelligence Agency stoked fears that North Korea could be closer to being able to launch a nuclear missile.

Pentagon report says North Korea can likely launch nuclear missile

April 11, 2013 19:47
By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pentagon spy agency concluded for the first time that North Korea likely has the ability to launch nuclear-armed missiles, illustrating the high stakes surrounding the escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula. But a Defence Department spokesman later on Thursday cast doubt on whether Pyongyang is fully capable of firing nuclear missiles, as a study dated last month by the Pentagon's own Defence Intelligence Agency suggested.

Iran asks for identifying, punishing users of chemical weapons in Syria

April 11, 2013 15:32
IRI Deputy FM in International and Legal Affairs Mohammad-Mahdi Akhoundzadeh said in Hague Wednesday delay in dispatching UN fact finding inspectors to Syria is sending negative signal to international society. According to IRNA, Akhoundzadeh made the comment in a meeting with the Secretary General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu on the sidelines of the 3rd UN Conference to Revise Implementing of the Protocol on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. He added, 'Dispatching of this fact finding team must take place immediately so tha

Pakistan participates in 3rd Review Conference on CWC

April 10, 2013 16:05
Pakistan is participating in the Third Review Conference on Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) being held in The Hague from April 08. In the high level segment, the leader of Pakistan’s delegation Additional Foreign Secretary, Ambassador Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry delivered the national statement. He underlined Pakistan’s commitment to the Chemical Weapons Convention and highlighted the steps taken by Pakistan in preventing any misuse of toxic chemicals and promoting peaceful uses of chemistry.
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