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UN nuke inspectors renew efforts to engage Iran
A U.N. inspectors' team is in Tehran in a renewed effort to engage Iran and secure access to a site linked to suspected nuclear activity.
NKorea policy in Seoul to soften despite rocket
It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline ...
NKorea hails launch despite risk of consequences
North Korea, though struggling to feed its people, is now one of the few countries to have successfully launched a satellite into space from its own ...
US hesitant in condemning North Korean launch
The Obama administration is drawing no "red line" for North Korea after a successful long-range rocket test, tempering the public condemnation to ...
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
A look at North Korea's missile arsenal
North Korea's missile program is a point of national pride, with state TV regularly broadcasting past liftoffs set to rousing military anthems.
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 ...
AP Exclusive: Georgia details nuke investigations
On the gritty side of this casino resort town near the Turkish border, three men in a hotel suite gathered in secret to talk about a deal for ...
UN calls on Israel to open nuclear facilities
The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to quickly open its nuclear program for inspection and backing ...
Obama hails Nunn, Lugar efforts 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 ...
North Korea gears up to launch long-range rocket
North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile ...
Hero worship of Kazakhstan leaders hits new height
Kazakhstan on Saturday observed a new holiday lauding President Nursultan Nazarbayev, part of a growing cult of personality around the leader of the ...
Senate votes to tighten sanctions on Iran
The Senate endorsed stringent new sanctions on Iran's energy and shipping sectors in a fresh attempt to hobble the Islamic Republic's economy and ...
UN nuclear agency reports being hacked
The International Atomic Energy Agency acknowledged Tuesday that one of its servers had been hacked after a previously unknown group critical of ...
AP Exclusive: Graph suggests Iran working on bomb
Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb ...
Myanmar says it's ready to sign nuclear agreement
Little noticed in the warm glow of President Barack Obama's landmark visit to Myanmar was a significant concession that could shed light on whether ...
UN nuclear agency: Iran poised to expand nuke work
Iran is poised to double its output of higher-enriched uranium at its fortified underground facility, the U.N. nuclear agency said Friday — a ...
Satellite imagery shows NKorea missile activity
Satellite imagery indicates North Korea has been testing rocket engines, a sign it continues to develop its long-range ballistic missiles, a U.S.
Iran's army drill to test new air defense system
Iran's military is to test a new air defense system modeled after the U.S. Hawk system as tensions with the West escalate over the country's suspect ...
APNewsBreak: Mideast nuke talks called off
Attempts to find Arab-Israeli common ground on banning weapons of mass destruction from the Mideast have failed, and high-profile talks on the issue ...
AP sources: US weighs broader nuke deal with Iran
The Obama administration is considering a new approach in negotiations to curb Iran's nuclear program that would ease economic sanctions faster than ...
APNewsBreak: Senators mull tougher Iran sanctions
Lawmakers are working on a set of new and unprecedented sanctions against Iran that could prevent the Islamic republic from doing business with most ...
Israel minister: Iran slowed down enrichment push
Israel's defense minister said Iran has slowed the timetable for enriching enough uranium to build nuclear weapons, implying that Israel would have ...
Obama faces familiar world of problems in 2nd term
Now that his re-election is secured, President Barack Obama has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways, from toughening ...