"The Iranians are accumulating [uranium]. They say it's for civilian purposes, but we haven't seen much of that in use. It is, in fact, being stored."
In a speech on Monday, Kim Jong Un said he had concluded that unification with the South was no longer possible and accused Seoul of seeking regime collapse and unification by absorption.
The ruling Qatari Al Thani family has found itself in the crosshairs of congress for enabling Hamas terrorism.
"The production of high-enriched uranium by Iran has no credible civilian justification," the statement by the allies said.
North Korea said it had tested its newest ICBM on Monday to gauge the war readiness of its nuclear force against mounting US hostility, drawing condemnation from the United States and its allies.
It is reasonable to expect that the potential emergence of Iran as a nuclear power will lead to an emboldened position, in a region that is already full of flashpoints.
Non-proliferation experts say sending submarines to Australia that use highly enriched uranium could set a precedent for other countries to use the fuel.
On October 7, one of the IDF bases that Hamas inflicted significant damage to was a base that prepared nuclear missiles, according to a report in the New York Times.
President Vladimir Putin has been pushing for Russia to maintain its nuclear deterrent to counter what he calls growing security threats.