KATHMANDU, Dec 12: Trashing a government proposal for allowing the excavation, use and trade in nuclear materials in the country, the parliamentary Committee on Education and Health has endorsed a Bill on Safe and Peaceful use of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials that only allows the use of radioactive materials for medical purposes.

WASHINGTON, June 5: The Trump administration granted two authorizations to U.S. companies to share sensitive nuclear power information with Saudi Arabia shortly after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October, a U.S. senator who saw the approvals said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, March 28: U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has approved six secret authorizations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia, according to a copy of a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON DC, Sept 8: India will likely be unsettled by the news its arch-nemesis Pakistan is being tipped to become the fifth largest nuclear power in the world. US researchers have branded the development “concerning.”