Iran vows to give talks with US in Islamabad cold shoulder as Pakistan frantically pushes for direct re-engagement of the foes
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency said on Sunday that Iran currently has no decision to send a negotiating delegation for peace talks with the United States. The Iranian team has stressed that as long as the US “anti-Iran” naval blockade remains in place, there will be no negotiation with Washington, according to the report.
Iran, US to resume talks amid hardening military posture as observers say they ‘yielded encouraging signals’
In a phone call on Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi stressed the importance of “constructive engagement and using the path of dialogue” to achieve a sustainable nuclear agreement, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported.
State: Kenya Electricity Generating Company to own, run 10gw nuclear power and energy plant
Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi presided over the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between KenGen and the Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) in Nairobi, setting the stage for one of the country’s most ambitious energy projects.
Kenya’s draft nuclear power law subjected to public participation pending ratification by legislature
The draft policy defines four broad objectives: the establishment of a sustainable nuclear power programme, strengthening safety and regulatory infrastructure, promotion of non-power nuclear applications and development of skilled human resources through a robust local industrial base.
Kenya plans 60,000mw nuclear power, enough to meet current needs of all eight EAC countries
Currently Kenya produces 3,400 megawatts, Tanzania 3,091.71 megawatts, Uganda 2,048 megawatts, Rwanda 277 megawatts, Burundi 34 megawatts and Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,625 gigawatts. South Sudan’s capacity is indeterminate.
Minister: Plans on course to build Kenya’s first nuclear plant in Siaya to produce 10,000 megawatts of electricity
On the proposed privatisation of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), Wandayi told the Senate Committee that the ministry has already tabled the proposal before a joint committee of the National Assembly on Energy and Privatisation.
Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Khamenei keeps off funerals of commanders and scientists killed by Israel
In attendance were President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior figures including Ali Shamkhani, who was seriously wounded during the conflict and is an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as Khamenei’s son Mojtaba.
Kenya’s plan for 60,000-megawatt nuclear plant in western Kenya on course as it eyes EAC electricity market
Siaya, which is in Lake Victoria Basin, has been identified for the project because of its proximity to the lake. The site of the plant is also strategic as Kenya will export the surplus power to Uganda and other East Africa Community (EAC) countries to the west.
Dust has hardly settled as Trump warns he’d consider bombing Iran again, drops sanctions relief plan
Trump also said that in recent days he had been working on the possible removal of sanctions on Iran to give it a chance for a speedy recovery. He said he had now abandoned that effort.
What next for Iran after choreographed Israel-US battering that neutralised its nuclear arsenal?
Iran’s self-described “Axis of Resistance,” a group of allied countries and militias in the Mideast, has been mauled by the Israelis since Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack. Foreign support Tehran may have expected from China and Russia never materialised.
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