The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun operations at a new Alaska disease research site capable of supporting counterterrorism efforts in the United States and elsewhere, KTUU reported last week (see GSN, June 14, 2007).

The (Read more...)

India is expected next month to lobby to become a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Press Trust of India reported on Friday (see GSN, Dec. 7, 2010).

During her February trip to Washington, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama (Read more...)

Syrian President Bashar Assad said his government would not sign the Additional Protocol to its International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards agreement, which would allow for more intrusive monitoring of the nation's nuclear operations, Reuters reported today (see GSN, Dec. (Read more...)

WASHINGTON -- An advocate for the U.S. nuclear power industry said last week his group would oppose a powerful House chairwoman's anticipated measure aimed at altering the terms of future nuclear trade agreements and how they undergo legislative review (see (Read more...)

[A nuclear-armed Iran] would place this region on a knife's edge. It would take the most dangerous, unstable part of the world and place it on steroids.

--Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass, discussing the potential ramifications in (Read more...)

Iran announced yesterday it would soon display two new rockets capable of placing satellites in orbit, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Jan. 10).

The Middle Eastern nation will roll out the Safir 1-B and Kavoshgar 4 rockets over a (Read more...)

A top Iranian nuclear official yesterday won confirmation as his nation's foreign minister in a close vote by Iranian lawmakers, Reuters reported (see GSN, Jan. 28).

Iranian Atomic Energy Organization head Ali Akbar Salehi was tapped to serve as (Read more...)

The FBI last week charged an Ohio resident with possession of the lethal toxin ricin, CNN reported (see GSN, Jan. 26).

Jeffrey Levenderis, 54, was arrested when testing by the National Bioforensic Analysis Center in Maryland verified that the (Read more...)

A 48-year-old California resident faces federal charges connected to his alleged mailing of poison-carrying envelopes to a courthouse and various branches of the Los Angeles County Children and Family Services Department, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reported on Friday (see (Read more...)

Syrian President Bashar Assad said his government would not sign the Additional Protocol to its International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards agreement, which would allow for more intrusive monitoring of the nation's nuclear operations, Reuters reported today (see GSN, Dec. (Read more...)