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EU chides Iran over nuclear talks venue proposals
The European Union rebuked Iran on Wednesday in unusually direct language, suggesting it was willfully delaying new nuclear talks with six world ...
Launch, sanctions, nukes: NKorea may repeat cycle
North Korea's nuclear agitations follow a well-worn route. It starts with a long-range rocket launch. The United Nations punishes the act with ...
After UN acts, NKorea vows 'nuclear deterrence'
North Korea swiftly lashed out against the U.N. Security Council's condemnation of its December launch of a long-range rocket, saying Wednesday that ...
Iran's president scoffs at Western sanctions
Iran's president on Tuesday claimed his country can create 10 times more wealth from inventions than from oil, rendering Western economic sanctions ...
Israel leader says Iran key issue, not settlements
Two days before national elections, Israel's prime minister on Sunday shrugged off international criticism of Israeli settlement construction, ...
UN fails in attempt to restart Iran nuke probe
U.N experts returned from Tehran on Friday without sealing a long-sought deal that would restart a probe of suspicions that Iran worked on atomic ...
UN experts, Iran open talks on nuclear probe
Senior U.N. investigators opened a new round of talks Wednesday with Iranian officials in Tehran in hopes of restarting a probe into allegations that ...
Iran: Khamenei's ban on nuclear weapons binding
Iran sought Tuesday to spell out in its clearest terms yet that it is not seeking nuclear weapons, highlighting a religious decree issued by Supreme ...
Israeli PM says Iran top priority if re-elected
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says preventing Iran from getting a nuclear bomb will top his agenda if he wins the upcoming election.
France affirms nuclear arms despite military cuts
France's president says the country will maintain its costly nuclear arsenal despite looming military budget cuts, saying the weapons are essential ...
AP Exclusive: Photos show NKorea nuclear readiness
North Korea has repaired flood damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a quick atomic explosion if it chose, though water streaming out ...
Ahmadinejad says Western sanctions won't stop Iran
Iran's president said Tuesday that Western sanctions could at the most cause a "quick tap on the brakes" in Tehran's nuclear program but will not slow ...
UN nuke agency: progress on Iran nuclear program
A senior U.N. official announced progress Friday in long-stalled efforts to resume a probe of suspicions that Iran may have worked to develop nuclear ...
TV: Iran, IAEA fail to reach deal on suspect site
Iran's state TV says there's no agreement with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency on visiting a key site. The International Atomic Energy Agency wants ...
UN nuke inspectors renew efforts to engage Iran
Envoys from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency opened talks with Iranian officials on Thursday, seeking ways to restart negotiations with world powers ...
New UN, international efforts to engage Iran
International officials pursued a two-pronged effort Wednesday to engage Iran over concerns the country may have worked on nuclear weapons, with a U.N
Sanctions hit Iranian manufacturing hard
A conservative Iranian news website says the number of manufacturing companies in the country facing financial crisis has increased four-fold over the ...
Gorbachev warns of new arms race
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is worried that the world is entering a new nuclear arms race mirroring the Cold War weapons buildup he helped ...
Obama hails 20-year effort to secure nukes
Hailing two decades of efforts to help the former Soviet Union secure nuclear weapons stockpiles, President Barack Obama said Monday that the world ...