Tag: Nuclear

Fukushima was ‘man-made’ disaster: probe

Last year’s Fukushima nuclear accident was a man-made disaster caused by Japan’s culture of “reflexive obedience” and not just the tsunami that hit the...

Fukushima nuclear accident a ‘man-made’ disaster: probe

The nuclear accident at Fukushima last year was a "man-made disaster" and not only due to the tsunami, a Japanese parliamentary panel said Thursday...

Musharraf wanted Iran to make peace with Israel

Former military ruler General (r) Pervez Musharraf has said that he tried as president to convince Iran to make peace with Israel and abandon...

Japan restarts nuclear reactor as protests mount

Engineers in Japan on Sunday began refiring an atomic reactor, despite growing public protests in the aftermath of meltdowns at Fukushima, ending nearly two...

Begging bowl in one hand, nuclear missile in the other won’t...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that Pakistan was facing serious problems such as energy shortfalls, terrorism, poverty, unemployment and inflation as...

North Korea vows to boost nuclear deterrence

North Korea on Sunday denounced US-South Korean military drills near the tense border as a “provocation” and vowed to “further bolster up its nuclear...

PPP will not allow trial of BB’s grave: Khosa

Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa has said Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto is still alive in the hearts and the history of the nation and...

Iran taking initial steps towards making nuclear submarine

Iran has claimed that it had begun work on designing the country's first nuclear-powered submarine, a technology possessed by a select group of nations. Senior...

Iran faces world powers in high-stakes nuclear talks

World powers on Monday sought to wring concessions out of Iran to defuse the decade-long crisis over its nuclear drive at talks in Moscow...

India’s eyes on Iran N-talks

India's attention will be firmly riveted in the region as on Monday; nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries in Moscow will be...

Britain to announce £1bn nuclear sub deal

Britain will announce this week a £1 billion ($1.57 billion, 1.24 billion euro) contract to build reactors for its next generation of nuclear submarines,...

Work begins on controversial Japan nuclear restart

Japan started work to put nuclear reactors back online Saturday, despite public distrust of the technology after last year's meltdowns at Fukushima, the world's...

US, India see progress with nuclear deal

The United States and India on Wednesday sought to dispel doubts over their relationship as a US company signed a deal on nuclear power,...

US, India see progress with nuclear deal

The United States and India sought Wednesday to dispel doubts over their relationship as a US company signed a deal on nuclear power, long...

Rivals talk of demilitarizing highest-ever battlefield

Defense Ministry on Sunday confirmed arrival of Indian Defense Secretary Shashikant Sharama who would take up Siachen’s glacier-Saltoro Ridge dispute with his Pakistani counterpart...

Iran, IAEA open new talks on nuclear access

The UN nuclear watchdog held fresh talks with Iran Friday in Vienna, where it was expected to push for access to a suspected testing...

Iran doubts P5+1 ‘willingness’ for success in talks

Iran doubts the willingness of world powers to succeed in upcoming talks in Moscow over its nuclear programme, state news agency IRNA reported Wednesday,...