Daily News: 03/2018

March 30, 2018

Margherita Stancati, "Saudi Prince Calls for Stepped-Up Pressure on Iran" Wall Street Journal / ... View Source ›

Arjun Kharpal, "Russia tests its new nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile" CNBC / ... View Source ›

Lucy Gilmour, Matthew Riva and Chae Yun-hwan, "Pyongyang Express: A History of North Korea’s Train Diplomacy " Wall Street Journal / ... View Source ›

Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Additional reporting by Linda Sieg; Editing by Chris Gallagher and Michael Perry, "Japan PM to raise North Korean abductions in Trump summit" Reuters / ... View Source ›

Anna Isaac , "China turns the screw on North Korea by cutting its petrol supply, report says " The Telegraph / ... View Source ›

YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA, "Report: Israeli stealth fighters fly over Iran" Jerusalem Post / ... View Source ›

Jim Michaels, "Trump and Kim Jong Un expected to meet. But we still don't know where" USA Today / ... View Source ›

March 29, 2018

"Son of ‘Bill Gates of Iran’ Held by U.S. in Sanctions Case" Bloomberg / ... View Source ›

"UN Condemns Missile Attacks By Iran-Allied Yemeni Rebels On Saudi Arabia" Radio Free Europe / ... View Source ›

Babak Dehghanpisheh , "Water crisis spurs protests in Iran" Reuters / ... View Source ›

Christine Kim , "North, South Korea fix April date for first summit in years" Reuters / ... View Source ›

Chieko Tsuneoka, "Japan Opens Talks With North Korea" Wall Street Journal / ... View Source ›

Timothy W. Martin, Eun-Young Jeong and Steven Russolillo, "North Korea Is Suspected in Bitcoin Heist" Wall Street Journal / ... View Source ›

Brendan Pierson , "Iranian chairman of Maltese bank pleads not guilty to U.S. charges" Reuters / ... View Source ›

March 28, 2018

Emily Rauhala and Anna Fifield, "Kim-Xi meeting presents a new challenge for Trump on North Korea" Washington Post / ... View Source ›

"Abe may visit U.S. from April 17 to 19 to meet Trump, discuss North Korea" Japan Times / ... View Source ›

BEN HUBBARD, "Saudi Crown Prince, on U.S. Visit, Urges Tough Line on Iran" New York Times / ... View Source ›

Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Kevin Liffey, "Iraq wants to 'keep away' from U.S.-Iran conflict, Prime Minister Abadi says" Reuters / ... View Source ›

KENNETH CHANG, "How to Spot a Nuclear Bomb Program? Look for Ghostly Particles" New York Times / ... View Source ›

March 27, 2018

Ben Blanchard, Christine Kim , "Train believed carrying top North Korean delegation leaves Beijing" Reuters / ... View Source ›

"Saudi threat to Iran over Yemen missile strike" AFP / ... View Source ›

"Another aging nuclear reactor in western Japan to be scrapped" The Japan Times / ... View Source ›

Warrior Maven, "US Navy's Virginia attack submarines will now fire nuclear weapons, marking dramatic shift" Fox News / ... View Source ›

SUE SURKES, "Nasrallah: Saudis offered Syria cash to cut ties with Iran" Times of Israel / ... View Source ›

JOHN SOLOMON AND ALISON SPAN, "Informant provided FBI evidence Russia aided Iran nuclear program during Obama years " The Hill / ... View Source ›

March 26, 2018

Drazen Jorgic , "U.S. sanctions Pakistani companies over nuclear trade" Reuters / ... View Source ›

Nicola Smith , "North Korea buying time to develop nuclear weapons, says Trump's new security adviser John Bolton" The Telegraph / ... View Source ›

Hamish Macdonald , "Singapore revokes all North Korean work permits: report" NK News / ... View Source ›

JON GAMBREL, "Bombs Disguised as Rocks in Yemen Point to Iranian Influence, a Watchdog Group Says" Time / ... View Source ›

JUDAH ARI GROSS , "IDF intel chief warns Iran could draw Israel deeper into Syria conflict" Times of Israel / ... View Source ›

Bruce Stanley and Heesu Lee, "U.A.E. Completes Korean-Built Nuclear Power Plant, Seoul Says" Bloomberg / ... View Source ›

March 23, 2018

SCOTT NEUMAN, "China Acknowledges Sale Of Advanced Missile Technology To Pakistan" NPR / ... View Source ›

Patrick Wintour, "EU may offer credit to firms trading with Iran if Trump pulls out of nuclear deal" The Guardian / ... View Source ›

MICHELE KELEMEN and JESSICA TAYLOR, "Bolton Brings Hawkish Perspective To North Korea, Iran Strategy" NPR / ... View Source ›

Timothy Gardner , "Saudi Arabia has options if U.S. walks from nuclear power deal: minister" Reuters / ... View Source ›

David Choi, "Japan may be feeling left out as the US and South Korea prepare to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un" Business Insider / ... View Source ›

Yaniv Kubovich, "Secret Underground 'Nuclear Facility' in Syria Baffles Experts" Haaretz / ... View Source ›

March 22, 2018

Christine Kim , "North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament to meet in April ahead of inter-Korean summit" Reuters / ... View Source ›

JARI TANNER, "The U.S. and Both Koreas Wrap Up 'Constructive' Talks in Finland Ahead of Landmark Summits" Time / ... View Source ›

David Israel, "Institute for Science & International Security: Syria May Be Harboring Underground Nuclear Facility" Jewish Press / ... View Source ›

James M. Dorsey, "The Middle East’s Nuclear Technology Clock Is Ticking" The Algemeiner / ... View Source ›

JUDAH ARI GROSS, "As Israel fetes 2007 strike on Syria nuclear reactor, is Assad building another?" Times of Israel / ... View Source ›

Arshad Mohammed, Lesley Wroughton , "U.S. Makes Contingency Plans in Case Iran Nuclear Talks Fail" Reuters / ... View Source ›

Ron Bousso and Ahmad Ghaddar, "Iran inches closer to dream of gasoline independence" Reuters / ... View Source ›

Samuel Rubenfeld, "U.S. Alleges Iranian Violated Sanctions" Wall Street Journal / ... View Source ›

March 21, 2018

Anna Fifield, "North Korea warns its detractors, notes an ‘atmosphere for reconciliation’ ahead of talks" Washington Post / ... View Source ›

"Israel Admits Destroying Syrian Reactor In Move Seen Aimed At Iran" Radio Free Europe / ... View Source ›

Hyonhee Shin, Christine Kim , "South Korea's Moon says three-way summit with North Korea, U.S. possible" Reuters / ... View Source ›

"North Korea says sanctions did not push it to seek US talks" BBC / ... View Source ›

Jim Michaels, "Historic agreement for talks between Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un will soon face major test" USA Today / ... View Source ›

Bob Van Voris, "Iranian Charged in Sanctions Case as U.S. Steps Up Crackdown" Bloomberg / ... View Source ›

Benjamin Weinthal, "Germany at odds with US on condemning Hezbollah in Iran talks" Fox News / ... View Source ›

Reporting by Brenda Goh in SHANGHAI and Chen Aizhu in BEIJING; editing by Richard Pullin, "China's Sinomach to build $845 million railway in western Iran" Reuters / ... View Source ›

March 20, 2018

Yara Bayoumy , "On eve of Trump-Saudi meeting, Riyadh calls Iran nuclear deal flawed " Reuters / ... View Source ›

Jeff Foust, "NASA to allow nuclear power systems for next Discovery mission" Space News / ... View Source ›

Hyung-Jin Kim and Robert Burns, "Low-key US-S Korea military drills ahead of N Korea summits" Washington Post / ... View Source ›

Natasha Turak , "Saudi Arabia's nuclear energy ambitions to attract scrutiny during White House visit" CNBC / ... View Source ›

Katrina Manson and Simeon Kerr and Ahmed Al Omran, "Saudi crown prince to push Trump for harder line on Iran" Financial Times / ... View Source ›

March 19, 2018

"France urges EU to impose sanctions on Iran over Syria role " The National / ... View Source ›

Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori; Editing by Aaron Sheldrick and Joseph Radford, "Japan court rejects lawsuit against construction of nuclear plant " Reuters / ... View Source ›

Steve Dent, "Japan's latest supercomputer is dedicated to nuclear fusion" Engadget / ... View Source ›

Steven Mufson , "Why does Saudi Arabia want to spend billions to enrich its own uranium?" Washington Post / ... View Source ›

Joyce Lee, "Security advisers from U.S., South Korea, Japan meet on North Korean summits: Seoul" Reuters / ... View Source ›

Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Catherine Evans, "German spy agency said North Korean rockets can reach Europe: paper " Reuters / ... View Source ›

Margherita Stancati and Dion Nissenbaum , "Saudi Crown Prince Will Seek to Solidify Anti-Iran Stance With Trump White House" Wall Street Journal / ... View Source ›

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