WASHINGTON -- The United States announced Tuesday its decision to pull out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization two years after rejoining.
According to a statement by the U.S. State Department, the withdrawal was due to what Washington saw as the UN cultural agency's policy to "advance divisive social and cultural causes" over the Israel-Palestine conflicts. (US-UNESCO-Withdrawal)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported Tuesday that progress has been made in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas over a Gaza ceasefire agreement, including the release of hostages and prisoners.
According to the report, the talks focus on a key dispute regarding the presence of Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip during the proposed 60-day ceasefire. (Israel-Hamas-Ceasefire)
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LONDON -- Several U.S. nuclear bombs have reportedly been delivered to a British air base, marking what is believed to be the first deployment of American nuclear weapons on British soil since 2008, local media reported Tuesday.
The weapons, identified as B61-12 thermonuclear gravity bombs, were flown into RAF Lakenheath, a U.S.-operated base in Suffolk, eastern England, the UK Defence Journal reported on Sunday. The B61-12 is a free-fall nuclear bomb designed to be dropped from aircraft and weighs approximately 320 kg. (US-UK-Nuclear Bomb)
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WASHINGTON -- Iran "cannot give up" its nuclear enrichment program which suffered major damage in recent U.S. airstrikes, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi told U.S. media on Monday.
"Our facilities have been ... seriously damaged. The extent of which is now under evaluation by our atomic energy organization," Araghchi told Fox News in an interview via video link, adding that the damage has ceased Iran's enrichment capabilities for the time being. (Iran-FM-Nuclear Program) ■
