North Korea has ⁠made "very ⁠serious" advances in its abilities to turn ⁠out nuclear weapons, with the probable addition of a new uranium enrichment facility, as it ​stepped up activity at a key complex, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday.

The Seattle-based startup Avalanche Energy has secured a 5.2 million dollar contract from DARPA under the Rads to Watts program to develop next-generation compact nuclear batteries.

The US-Israeli attack on Iran’s yellowcake plant in Ardakan is a flagrant violation of international law, but it will not stop the Islamic Republic’s peaceful nuclear programme, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said in a statement.

Iran has condemned attacks on its nuclear facilities under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), calling such strikes a “war crime”.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has said that the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in the country’s south was struck by a projectile, marking the third attack on the facility during what it described as ongoing unprovoked American-Israeli aggression targeting the Islamic Republic.

South Korea has signaled it is willing to participate in international efforts to ensure safe and free passage through the Strait of Hormuz, its foreign ministry said.

French President Emmanuel Macron said France plans to use its strong nuclear energy capacity to support the rapid expansion of AI data centres, positioning the country as a key hub in the global artificial intelligence race.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued its latest update on the situation at Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed, citing its latest review of satellite imagery, that there is “some recent damage to entrance buildings” at Iran’s underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP).