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AM Nukes Roundup

April 20, 2026

  Top Six


North Korea test-launches 'multiple' ballistic missiles, South Korea says
Kevin Shalvey, Anthony Trotter, Joohee Cho, ABC News - April 19
Iranian President insists on country's nuclear rights, ISNA reports
Reuters - April 19
After long fight, Idaho Downwinders stricken by cancer can get compensation
Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman - April 18
Manon Bischoff: Why game theory could be critical in a nuclear war
OPINION: Scientific American - April 19
Peter Van Buren: The Strait, Not the Nuclear Program, Is the Sticking Point With Iran
OPINION: The American Conservative - April 20
Frank von Hippel, Seyed Hossein Mousavian: Taking a sledgehammer to the nuclear nonproliferation regime
OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - April 18
Peace and Security Editorial Calendar (click here for more):
May 8: Anniversary of Pres. Trumps withdrawal from JCPOA (2018)
May 18: Anniversary of India's first nuclear test (1974)
May 21: Anniversary of Ukraine denuclearization agreement (1996)

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  News Clips

 

KOREA


North Korea test-launches 'multiple' ballistic missiles, South Korea says
Kevin Shalvey, Anthony Trotter, Joohee Cho, ABC News - April 19

North Korea launches multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward sea
Hyung-jin Kim, Mari Yamaguchi, AP News - April 19

North Korea Tests Unidentified Ballistic Missile, Yonhap Says
Vincent Lee, Bloomberg - April 19

North Korea Ballistic Missile Launches Put Japan, South Korea on Alert
Adeola Adeosun, Peter Aitken, Newsweek - April 19

North Korea Flexes Nuclear Weapon Muscles Amid Iran War
Ellie Cook, Newsweek - April 19

As World Looks at Iran, North Korea Accelerates Its Nuclear-Weapons Program
Timothy Martin, Wall Street Journal - April 17

North Korea shows ‘serious increase’ in nuclear enrichment capacity, watchdog warns
Julie Masson, Stars and Stripes - April 17

South Korea says it is unaware of US protest over minister's remarks on North Korea nuclear site
Kyu-Seok Shim, Reuters - April 16


IRAN


Removing Iran’s Enriched Uranium Would Be Difficult—But It Has Been Done Before
Michael Gordon, Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal - April 19

What it could take for the U.S. to remove highly enriched uranium from Iran
Cecilia Vega, Graham Messick, Michael Karzis, CBS News - April 19

Can Trump finally make a nuclear deal with Iran?
Andrew England, Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Financial Times - April 19

Iranian President insists on country's nuclear rights, ISNA reports
Reuters - April 19

Allies fear a rushed US–Iran framework deal could backfire, leaving technical deadlock
John Irish, Parisa Hafezi, Reuters - April 19

Expert Tells ’60 Minutes’ Trump’s Iran Nuclear Claim ‘Just Not True’
Adeola Adeosun, Newsweek - April 19

Slain Iranian nuclear scientists raises alarm over uranium, expertise reaching black market
Emma Bussey, Fox News - April 19

What's it like to negotiate with Iran? We asked people who have done it
Scott Neuman, NPR - April 18

Why Obama’s Iran nuclear deal looms large over Trump’s negotiations
Memphis Barker, The Telegraph - April 18

Iran could use detained Americans as ‘sweetener’ in nuclear talks, ex-hostage envoy warns
Jennifer Griffin, Elaine Mallon, Fox News - April 18

Trump Is Urged to Move on Nuclear Site Thought to Be Beyond Reach of Bombs
Michael Crowley, New York Times - April 17

U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran
Barak Ravid, Marc Caputo, Axios - April 17

US weighs plan to unfreeze $20 billion in assets for Iran in exchange for enriched uranium: report
Ariana Baio, The Independent - April 17

Significant differences remain between Iran-US, including on nuclear issues, senior Iranian official says
Parisa Hafezi, Reuters - April 17

Trump Says Iran Will Suspend Nuclear Program as Hormuz Opens
Kate Sullivan, Bloomberg - April 17

Pope Leo upholds Vatican opposition to nuclear weapons despite Trump's 'weak' critique
Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter - April 17

China Could Take Iran’s Enriched Uranium as Trump Pushes Deal
Gabe Whisnant, Newsweek - April 17

Trump Says Iran Has ‘Agreed to Everything’ on Nuclear Program
Jenna Sundel, Gabe Whisnant, Newsweek - April 17

Trump Faces Pressure to Strike Iran Nuclear Site
Solange Reyner, Newsmax - April 17


ASIA-PACIFIC


New Hiroshima Gov. to press for nuke abolition in NPT confab as "only" way
Kyodo News - April 17


RECA/NUCLEAR WASTE


After long fight, Idaho Downwinders stricken by cancer can get compensation
Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman - April 18

  Opinion & Commentary


Peter Van Buren: The Strait, Not the Nuclear Program, Is the Sticking Point With Iran
OPINION: The American Conservative - April 20

Suzanne Maloney: What are Iran's longterm goals for a peace deal with the U.S.?
INTERVIEW: NPR - April 19

Manon Bischoff: Why game theory could be critical in a nuclear war
OPINION: Scientific American - April 19

Jake Huffaker: A Case Against the War in Iran
OPINION: Princeton Tory - April 19

Frank von Hippel, Seyed Hossein Mousavian: Taking a sledgehammer to the nuclear nonproliferation regime
OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - April 18

Paul Miller: Why Greenland is the Linchpin of the Golden Dome
OPINION: Cipher Brief - April 17


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