Iran's UN envoy has expressed concern over the lack of progress in the implementation of the 1995 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty resolution, saying the Israeli regime must eliminate its stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Japan commemorated the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Survivors and relatives marked the anniversary by observing a minute of silence.

A Saudi diplomat says the refusal of the Israeli regime to join the NPT is an obstacle to achieving peace in the region.

A top Iranian diplomat says the talks in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal open up an opportunity for the US to show its determination to return to the agreement.

Iran's UN ambassador says US failure to give assurance about Tehran’s enjoyment of full economic benefits of the 2015 deal is the main obstacle to its revival.

Russia has dismissed the "utterly unfounded" speculations that it may use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, saying it would only use its nuclear arsenal in response to "direct aggression" by NATO countries over the ongoing conflict in the former Soviet state.

Iran says Israel’s advanced atomic military program poses a serious threat to international security and the NPT.

North Korea conducts its largest single missile test just one day after South Korea and the United States wrapped up their joint military drills in the region.

A senior Iranian official has urged the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to abandon his political approach toward Tehran’s nuclear program.

Over the years the IAEA has said in numerous reports that it has found no diversion in Iran's nuclear programme; now it says Iran's enriched uranium had grown to more than 80 times the limit allowed under the JCPOA.