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Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear ...
Israeli premier: pressure on Iran must continue
Israel's prime minister says the international community must not ease pressure on Iran because of the election of a reformist president.
Obama: Iranian people want a 'different direction'
President Barack Obama said Monday that Iran's election of a relative moderate shows that the country's people want to change course. But he stressed ...
Rowhani's 'path of moderation' also shows limits
Iran's newly elected president showcased his reform-leaning image Monday by promising a "path of moderation" that includes greater openness on ...
North Korea changes tack and tells US: Let's talk
After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No.
Israeli PM warns of another Holocaust from Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his two-day visit to Poland, which Germany's Nazis occupied during World War II and where they ...
Iran nuke policy 'unchangeable' no matter who wins
Just hours after Iran's presidential candidates bickered over nuclear policies during a televised debate, the country's foreign minister stepped in ...
2 Koreas to hold senior-level meeting in Seoul
North and South Korea agreed Monday to hold senior-level talks this week in Seoul, a breakthrough of sorts to ease tensions after Pyongyang's recent ...
Iranian candidates quarrel over nuclear talks
Iran's eight presidential candidates quarreled about talks with world powers over the country's disputed nuclear program Friday as they held their ...
NKorea proposes working level talks with SKorea
North Korea on Friday proposed holding low-level government talks with South Korea this weekend as the rivals look to mend ties that have plunged ...
Koreas agree to hold talks on reopening complex
North and South Korea on Thursday agreed to hold talks on reopening a jointly run factory complex and other cross-border issues, after months of ...
China frustration with NKorea offers hope for US
China's growing frustration with longtime ally North Korea offers the United States a glimmer of hope about a once unthinkable prospect: holding ...
West accuses Iran of nuclear defiance, deception
The U.S. accused Iran of deception and defiance Wednesday, asserting that over the past decade it has stonewalled international demands to halt ...
US institute: NKorea may restart reactor soon
North Korea may be just one to two months away from following through on its threat to restart a plutonium reactor that can produce fissile material ...
UN nuke chief urges Iran cooperation in atom probe
Talks between the U.N. atomic agency and Iran "have been going around in circles," the organization's head said Monday, acknowledging that attempts ...
NKorea sanctions squeeze cash for aid groups
New international sanctions aimed at thwarting North Korea's nuclear weapons program are having unintended consequences: halting money transfers by ...
Iranian candidate: Current nuke talks 'fruitless'
A former commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard hoping to become the country's next president said Tuesday that nuclear talks with world powers are ...
NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's president
A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to ...
UN nuke agency's Iran probe driven by US-led intel
The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its ...
Israel says Iran unaffected by world pressure
Israel's prime minister says a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on halting Iran's suspect ...
Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts
Russia's top military officer on Thursday voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel reductions in ...
House committee passes Iran sanctions legislation
A new push to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions by crippling the country's economy gathered momentum on Capitol Hill Wednesday with approval of ...
IAEA report: Iran expands nuclear technology
The U.N. atomic agency on Wednesday detailed rapid Iranian progress in two programs that the West fears are geared toward making nuclear weapons, ...
North Korea sends leader's special envoy to China
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its ...
Seoul: Day 3 of NKorea tests of short-range weapon
North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" ...