UAE claims Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq attacked nuclear power plant

UAE claims Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq attacked nuclear power plant – CBS News Watch CBS News The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday alleged that Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq attacked one of its nuclear power plants. CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean joins with more. Source link

JD Vance says Trump is ‘locked and loaded’ to restart military campaign against Iran if nuclear talks fail

Trump warns he was ‘an hour away’ from striking Iran Chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports on President Donald Trump’s negotiations after halting strikes. Ret. Col. Mike Jernigan provides analysis on the ongoing Iran crisis, highlighting the economic and military pressures on the regime. Jernigan explains that President Donald Trump’s aggressive rhetoric creates uncertainty, which … Read more

UAE says drones that targeted Barakah nuclear power plant came from Iraqi territory

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The drones that targeted the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant all came from Iraq, the country’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The announcement likely means that Iranian-backed Shiite militias, which earlier had launched drones targeting Gulf Arab nations in the Iran war, likely were behind Sunday’s attack on the … Read more

Russia conducting 3 days of major nuclear drills

Russia’s army on Tuesday began three days of nuclear weapons drills involving thousands of troops across the country, as Kyiv escalates its drone attacks and with President Vladimir Putin headed to China. Throughout its more than four-year offensive in Ukraine, Moscow has flaunted its possession of nuclear weapons and repeatedly threatened to use them. The … Read more

Drone strike sparks a fire on the perimeter of UAE’s nuclear power plant, shaking Iran war ceasefire

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant Sunday, setting an electrical generator ablaze on its perimeter and again straining the shaky ceasefire in the Iran war. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which caused no radiological release nor injuries, authorities in the UAE’s … Read more

US ramps nuclear weapons production to Cold War levels as China pursues ‘unprecedented’ buildup

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. is producing nuclear weapons at levels not seen since the Cold War, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told lawmakers Thursday, as officials warned of a rapidly expanding Chinese arsenal and growing nuclear threats from Iran. “Today, NNSA is delivering more new nuclear weapons and plutonium pits … Read more

Trump says “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation” in Iran talks, calls nuclear threat “only thing that matters”

Washington — As inflation rose to its highest rate in years and CBS News polling shows high prices at the pump are causing financial strain for many Americans, President Trump told reporters Tuesday, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation” as a motivation for negotiations with Iran, and said he is only concerned with preventing … Read more

Hegseth spars with Murphy after he questions narrative on Iran’s nuclear weapon capacity

Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy asked Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about military options to open the Strait of Hormuz, and about reports of an apparent intelligence assessment on Iran’s nuclear capacity that may contradict President Trump’s past statements. The exchange occurred during a Senate … Read more