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1. Iran's nuclear constraints were more diplomatic than technical. Then the bombs started dropping

   

   Nuclear weapons experts who were involved in U.S. efforts to sanction and contain Iran say the decision to attack the country is more likely to restart its nuclear program than dismantle it. A regime that previously believed that pausing at a "threshold" stage of 60 per cent enrichment would protect it from attack has learned that is not the case.

2. Artemis II launch: NASA mission aims to send astronauts around the moon for the 1st time in over 50 years

   

3. North Korea expands its nuclear arsenal after witnessing Iran’s vulnerability

   

   Ever since becoming leader in 2011, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has made his nuclear weapons program a national goal — almost a doctrine — arguing it is the only way for smaller powers to keep from being "mercilessly violated" by superpowers.

4. Tracking deaths in Iran, wider Middle East as conflict rages on

   

   As the Middle East war enters a second month, thousands of people have been killed in the regional conflict that began when U.S. and Israel targeted Iran, which quickly pulled in neighbouring countries and opened a new front in Lebanon.

5. Wall Street rallies Wednesday amid hope for end to war with Iran

   

   Stocks are climbing worldwide, and oil prices are easing Wednesday as hopes build that the war with Iran could end soon.