Bill Clinton says US must mull all options on Iran

2011-12-21T18:30:52Z

Former US president Bill Clinton said in a television interview to be shown Wednesday that President Barack Obama should not rule out military action on Iran, but there might be other ways "to skin the cat."

Clinton also said a recent report by

Diplomats agree to increase pressure on Iran

2011-12-20T13:30:09Z

ROME (Reuters) - Diplomats from the United States, the European Union and other allies agreed on Tuesday to step up pressure on Iran to force it to resume talks over its nuclear program, an Italian diplo...

U.N. sanctions on Iran have been "exhausted": Russia

2011-12-02T11:00:30Z

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Moscow believes there is no room for further U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Russia's ...

U.N. nuclear watchdog board rebukes defiant Iran

2011-11-18T18:30:25Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog board censured Iran on Friday over mounting suspicions it is trying to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran said the move would only strengthen its determination to press on with sensiti...

Hungary isotope lab likely radioactive source: IAEA

2011-11-17T07:30:21Z

VIENNA/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary believes the source of low levels of radioactive iodine detected in Europe over the past few weeks was probably an isotope maker in Budapest, the U.N.<...

Israel says Iran closer to atom bomb than thought

2011-11-13T12:30:14Z

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the full extent of Iran's nuclear program was not reflected in a recent U.N. rep...

IAEA, Iran spar over bomb work allegations

2011-11-11T22:30:14Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog showed letters and satellite images on Friday as part of evidence pointing to military dimensions to Iran's atomic activities, diplomats said, but Tehran's envoy dismissed it as "lousy"...

U.N. nuclear report puts Iran "mystery man" in spotlight

2011-11-11T09:30:06Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - The shadowy military man believed to be at the heart of Iran's disputed atomic activities likely lives under tight security and in secrecy to shield him against assassins and keep him beyond the reach of U.N. sleuths, Western nuclear experts say.

A United Nations nuclear wat...

EU mulls new sanctions against defiant Iran

2011-11-10T10:30:31Z

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union may approve fresh sanctions against Iran within weeks, after a U.N. agency said ...

Iran used foreign expertise for atom work: diplomats

2011-11-07T09:03:18Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear watchdog report is expected to show concern that Iran benefited from foreign expertise to help develop technology that could be used to build atomic bombs, Western officials said on Monday.

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U.N. report seen worsening fear over Iran nuclear plans

2011-10-24T06:30:21Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog is expected to publish intelligence soon pointing to military dimensions to Iran's nuclear activities but stopping short of saying explicitly that Tehran is trying to build atom bombs, Western diplo...

US 'pressing IAEA to release Iran nuclear data'

2011-10-16T11:30:22Z

US President Barack Obama is calling on UN nuclear inspectors to release data showing Iran is designing nuclear weapons technology in a bid to further isolate Tehran, a report said on Sunday.

The White House pus...

US, N. Korea 'may hold' nuclear talks this month

2011-10-02T04:30:27Z

The United States and North Korea are likely to hold a second round of talks this month to try to revive international nuclear disarmament negotiations, a South Korean report said Sunday.

The meeting may come after a summit between US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart

Britain warns Iran over nuclear programme at UN meeting

2011-09-21T18:30:45Z

Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday warned his Iranian counterpart that Britain would resist any increase in Iran's nuclear capabilities, during a meeting at the UN in New York.

Hague told Ali ...

Concern rising about Iran military nuclear work: IAEA

2011-09-02T09:30:17Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - The United Nations nuclear watchdog is "increasingly concerned" about possible work in Iran to develop a nuclear payload for a missile, it said in a report obtained by Reuters on Friday.

In addition to addressing the issue of alleged military dimensions to Iran'...

UN atomic agency official tours Iran nuclear sites: report

2011-08-23T15:30:45Z

A top UN atomic watchdog official last week toured Iranian nuclear sites, including ones where uranium is being enriched, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying Tuesday by Fars news agency.

Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's representa...

Missile shield will spark nuclear arms race: North Korea

2011-07-27T13:00:38Z

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - If U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield to protect Europe against a possible attack by Iran are realized, it will spark a new nuclear arms race, North Korea's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday...

IAEA chief says to meet Iran FM, wants cooperation

2011-07-06T18:30:36Z

BOGOTA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear chief said on Wednesday that he planned to meet with Iran's foreign minister next week and that he was "quite concerned" over plans by Tehran to triple uranium production capacity.

Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog board decided on Thursday to report Syria to the Security Council for covert atomic work, a U.S.-led move coinciding with Western condemnation of ...

UN atomic watchdog meets on Syria, Iran

2011-06-05T19:30:25Z

The UN atomic watchdog opens a week-long meeting Monday, with the United States and its western allies looking to pass a resolution against Syria over its alleged illicit nuclear activity.

The traditional June session of the

Iran again shows failure to comply with obligations: US

2011-05-25T17:30:32Z

The United States said Wednesday that a new UN report on Iran's nuclear program underscored Tehran's continued failure to comply with its international obligations.

In a restricted new report, the Reuters) - Western states are expected to push for Syria to be referred to the U.N. Security Council after U.N. inspectors gave independent support to U.S. allegations that

Sanctions hold up Iran nuclear drive: UN report

2011-05-12T15:30:44Z

International sanctions are slowing Iran's nuclear program but the Islamic Republic has repeatedly sought to breach an arms embargo by shipping weapons to Syria, UN investigators said in a report.

Six of the nine violations of a UN ban on conventional arms shipments by Iran involve Syria, said the report, a copy of which was obtained by AFP.<...

Syria "can't be allowed" to block nuclear probe: U.S.

2011-03-09T11:00:22Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States warned Syria Wednesday it "can't be allowed" to stonewall a U.N. watchdog investigation into a desert site where covert atomic activity may have taken place before it was destro...

IAEA says gets info on possible Iran military work

2011-02-25T09:30:12Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has received new information regarding allegations of possible military aspects to Iran's disputed nuclear program, the agency said in a report.

The confidential report, obtained by Reuters on Friday, listed several areas of concerns th...

Top US lawmaker sounds alarm over Syria nukes

2011-02-24T15:30:44Z

A top US lawmaker pressed President Barack Obama on Thursday to impose new sanctions on Syria after photographs emerged suggesting its secret nuclear program was broader than previously revealed.

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Photos point to second Syrian nuclear site

2011-02-24T11:30:26Z

Satellite photos published by a Washington think tank on Wednesday appear to show Syrian efforts to conceal a second suspected nuclear site allegedly linked to a reactor bombed by Israel in 2007.

The photos acquired by the Institute for Science and I...

Syria still stonewalling UN nuclear probe: diplomats

2011-02-15T09:30:55Z

Syria has snubbed a request by UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano for prompt access to a suspect nuclear site and a number of other locations, diplomats said on Tuesday.

After more than two years of deadlock on the issue, Syria could therefore find itself under intensified scrutiny at a meeting of the 35-member board of gov...

Diplomacy stalemate over North Korea's nuclear programme

2011-02-11T21:00:23Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - China does not back efforts by Washington and Seoul to punish North Korea at the United Nations for its uranium enrichment programme and wants si...

Key powers to study more Iran sanctions: diplomat

2011-02-11T14:30:36Z

Key powers seeking to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions will consider strengthening non-UN measures against Iran to include financial as well as oil and gas sanctions, a Western diplomat said on Friday.

During talks in the Turkish city of Istanbul last month, world powers failed to persuade Iran to take steps to ease suspicions...

S.Korea readies major military drill near tense border

2010-12-21T20:30:35Z

South Korea prepared Wednesday for a major live-fire drill involving fighter jets and tanks near the tense North Korean border, as Seoul and Washington reacted warily to overtures from Pyongyang.

South Korea's military said Thursday's ground and air firing exercise 20 kilometre...

US lawmakers urge Syria nuclear inspections

2010-12-06T14:30:45Z

US lawmakers urged President Barack Obama in a letter out Monday to press the UN nuclear watchdog agency for stepped-up "special inspections" of suspected Syrian atomic program sites.

"We write urging you to call on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Iran accuses UN atomic watchdog of sending 'spies'

2010-12-04T10:30:31Z

Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi accused the UN atomic watchdog on Saturday of including "spies" among the inspectors it sends to Iran to monitor the nation's controversial nuclear programme.

"The International Atomic En...

Iran accuses U.N. nuclear agency of sending spies

2010-12-04T04:00:18Z

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran accused the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday of sending spies from foreign intelligence services to the Islamic state, underlining worsening relations between...

UN nuke chief attacks Iran's lack of cooperation

2010-12-02T04:00:13Z

UN nuclear chief says he cannot confirm all Iranian atom activities peaceful

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says he cannot confirm that all of Iran's atomic activities are peaceful.

Yukiya Amano blames lack of cooperation by Iran with his TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United Nations on Wednesday of complicity in the murder of a nuclear scientist, days before talks aimed at defusing a nuclear stand-off.

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Iran blames Israel after nuclear scientist killed

2010-11-29T14:41:56Z

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APNewsBreak: UN: Iran enrichment was stopped

2010-11-23T09:00:21Z

APNewsBreak: UN agency report says Iran uranium enrichment was halted

The U.N. nuclear agency says that Iran temporarily stopped enriching uranium earlier this month for unspecified reasons.

The finding is contained in a report from the International Atomic En...

US angered by 'provocative' NKorea nuclear plant

2010-11-22T12:51:15Z

US officials accused North Korea of flouting UN sanctions and seeking to destabilize the region amid the latest claims that the secretive state has built a sophisticated, new uranium enrichment plant.

"This validates a long-standing concern that we've had with respect to North Korea and its enrichment of uranium," said the US top military officer, Reuters) - A former senior U.N. nuclear official has voiced doubt about allegations that military-ruled Myanmar was trying to develop atom bombs, saying available evidence did not support the claim.

"It doesn't look like ... this is a kind of nuclear weapons program ...

US Iran Talks Fail

2010-11-30T13:56:55Z

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Security Council gets NKorea sanctions report

2010-11-10T18:00:56Z

Security Council finally gets experts report saying NKorea is exporting banned nuke technology

A report by U.N. experts saying North Korea is exporting banned nuclear and missile technology to Iran, Syria and

Ahmadinejad insists West climb down from 'ivory towers'

2010-11-10T03:00:14Z

"We have said several times that the Iranians will not negotiate with anyone over their basic rights," the hardline leader said in a speech in the northern city of Qazvin broadcast live on state television.

Ahmadinejad said the new round of talks must be held on an "equal footing" and be aimed at solving global issues.

"We have said that the talks be based on justice and respect. That means you have to climb down from y...

Challenges for the American counter-terrorism efforts

2010-11-29T15:42:54Z

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Civilization IV walkthrough: ICBMs (PC)

2010-11-29T15:25:55Z

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2010-11-02T18:43:25Z

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2010-11-03T00:16:13Z

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UN atomic watchdog throws out resolution against Israel

2010-09-24T06:15:46Z

The UN atomic watchdog threw out on Friday an Arab-backed resolution urging Israel to accede to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, on the last day of its annual general conference, voted against the resolution, wi...

AP Interview: Gul backs Mideast nuclear-free zone

2010-09-21T15:42:16Z

AP Interview: Turkish President Gul says he'll call for Mideast nuclear-free zone in UN speech

Turkish President Abdullah Gul said he will call for a Middle East totally free of nuclear weapons when he addresses the US vows to keep pressuring Iran over its nuclear program; UN chief also concerned about NKorea

The United States will continue to pressure Iran to meet its international commitments and come clean about its nuclear program, a senior U.S. offic...

New Western concerns over Iran's nuclear program

2010-09-15T18:45:21Z

Western powers increasingly concerned that Iran is pursuing nukes and missiles to deliver them

The United States, Britain and France expressed growing concern Wednesday that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program and develo...

What Is Nuclear Weapons Proliferation?

2010-11-05T11:23:19Z

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Israel faces Arab nuclear pressure at IAEA meetings

2010-09-09T10:31:42Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - Arab states backed by Iran are poised to target Israel over its assumed atomic arsenal at U.N. nuclear watchdog meetings this month, despite U.S. warnings this may hamper broader steps to ban such weapons in the...

UN report underscores concerns about Iran nuclear plans: US

2010-09-07T14:20:56Z

The United States said Tuesday that a new report by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reinforces US concerns about Iran's nuclear program.

"The IAEA is documenting that Iran continues to ...

Iran hampering nuclear investigation: IAEA

2010-09-06T11:20:34Z

Iran is hampering a long-running investigation into its controversial nuclear drive by vetoing the nomination of certain United Nations inspectors, the UN atomic watchdog said Monday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency also said that a number of its seals ...

Iran has material for 1-2 atom bombs: ex-IAEA aide

2010-08-26T05:15:19Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Iran has stockpiled enough low-enriched uranium for 1-2 nuclear arms but it would not make sense for it to cross the bomb-making threshold with only this amount, a former top U.N. nuclear official was quoted as saying.

In unusual public remarks about Iran's disputed nuclear programme UN nuclear chief to talk with Israelis, as Arab nations push for country to allow inspections

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog has arrived for talks with Israeli officials, as Arab nations push for the country to open its nuclear program to inspections.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor declined to say what was on the agenda for th...

Iran to fire up its first nuclear power plant

2010-08-20T03:45:15Z

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's first nuclear power station will be loaded with fuel on Saturday, a showcase for Tehran's claim that its atomic ambitions are purely peaceful.

Experts say firing up the $1-billion Bushehr plant will not take Iran any closer to building a nuclear bomb as Iran's president on Monday signed a bill to continue uranium enrichment, and limiting cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog, state news agency IRNA reported.

The law on Safeguarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's Peaceful Nuclear Achievements signed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for continued enrichme...

UN memorial ceremony held for Hiroshima, Nagasaki victims

2010-08-09T10:15:21Z

A memorial ceremony was held Monday at the UN headquarters in Vienna for the victims of the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 65 years ago.

"Hiroshima and Nagasaki remind us why we must struggle against nuclear weapons," said

UN chief in Japan calls for elimination of nuclear weapons

2010-08-05T11:15:36Z

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, during a visit to Nagasaki, one of the two Japanese cities hit by US atom bombs in World War II.

"The only way to ensure that such weapons will never again be used is to eliminate them all," Ban said as he met with elderly sur...

UN chief in Japan calls for end to nuclear arms

2010-08-04T23:15:12Z

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, during a visit to Nagasaki, one of the two Japanese cities hit by US atom bombs in World War II.

"The only way to ensure that such weapons will never again be used is to eliminate them all," Ban said as he met with elderly sur...

UN chief to attend Hiroshima, Nagasaki ceremonies

2010-08-02T20:15:19Z

UN chief Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Japan Tuesday to attend ceremonies commemorating the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Ban will be the first UN Secretary General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima an...

Post-Cold War, darker side of spy game moves east

2010-10-13T14:30:45Z

Post-Cold War, darker side of spy game moves east with assassinations, abductions, defection

In the world of 21st-century espionage, the U.S. arrest of Russian sleeper agents was a sideshow. These days, the darkest struggles play out thousands of miles to the east, where al-Qaida double agents kill CIA operatives, Iranian nuclear sc...

Iran could halt uranium enrichment if given fuel: MP

2010-07-04T01:15:34Z

A top Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday that Tehran could stop refining uranium to 20 percent purity level, the most controversial part of its atomic programme, if it gets nuclear fuel required for a research reactor.

"If the fuel for the Tehran research reactor is given, Iran will not insist on continuing the production of the fuel domestically," state news agency IRNA quoted Top UN nuclear inspector Olli Heinonen resigns

The International Atomic Energy Agency says senior nuclear inspector Olli Heinonen will be leaving his post at the end of August.

Heinonen has headed the U.N. nuclear watchdog's all-important safeg...

Iran says nuclear talks to resume with Brazil, Turkey

2010-06-29T06:30:18Z

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it would soon resume nuclear talks with Turkey and Brazil -- a tentative first step back to international negotiations after a new wave of sanctions was imposed on Tehran over its disputed nuclear work.

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Iran postpones any nuclear talks until late August

2010-07-21T13:57:45Z

Iran refuses talks with the West over nuclear program until late August, warns of retaliation

Iran will not hold talks with the West over its nuclear program until late August to "punish" world powers for imposing tougher sanctions against the country, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday.

He also vowed that Iran will retaliate should its ships ...

Brazil is dropping role in Iran nuclear dispute

2010-06-21T06:45:25Z

Brazil says it's dropping its attempt to mediate Iran's nuclear dispute

Brazil's foreign minister says his country's active support of Iran in its dispute with the West over its nuclear program is being scaled back after the U.N. Security Council decision to move for a fourth set of sancti...

Iran bars 2 IAEA inspectors: report

2010-06-20T23:15:13Z

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not allow two inspectors who authored the U.N. nuclear watchdog's last report about the Islamic Republic's nuclear program to enter the country, a senior official said on Monday in a report carried by the semi-official ISNA news agency.

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Iran parliament backs 20% uranium enrichment

2010-06-16T00:15:47Z

Parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday called on Iran's government to push ahead with its controversial programme to enrich uranium to 20 percent, despite being slapped with fresh UN sanctions.

"The Iranian parliament demands that the government continues producing 20 percent enriched uranium and not stop it at all as some...

Iran Guards 'unworried by new sanctions'

2010-07-21T13:56:55Z

Iran's Revolutionary Guards are unworried by the new UN sanctions that especially target the elite force, state-run media reported on Monday.

"Whatever the severity of sanctions, they are not worrying us," IRNA quoted deputy Guards' commander Brigadier General Hossein Salami as saying.

"We...

Iran says no rush to build new uranium plants

2010-06-12T09:16:48Z

Iran said on Saturday it was in no hurry to build new uranium enrichment plants, a key element of its controversial nuclear programme, and urged Western powers to accept a fuel deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey.

Vice president and atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi told state news agency IRNA that his organisation was still studying differe...

EU set to target Iran with extra sanctions: diplomats

2010-07-21T13:50:12Z

The European Union is set to boost new UN sanctions against Iran, over its nuclear programme, with extra measures, notably in the key energy sector, diplomats said Friday.

The UN Security Council on Wednesday agreed new sanctions ag...

Defiant Iran could downgrade ties with UN atomic watchdog

2010-06-10T12:17:19Z

A defiant Iran threatened on Thursday to downgrade ties with the UN atomic energy watchdog in response to new UN sanctions targeting its controversial nuclear programme of uranium enrichment.

Diplomats said Tehran was wavering between confrontation or opting for talks after being abandoned by allies M...

Iran plans to review relations with IAEA

2010-06-09T23:15:08Z

Report: Iran's parliament plans to revise relations with UN nuclear watchdog over sanctions

Iran's state TV says the country's parliament plans to revise relations with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency in response to the latest round of U.N. sanctions.

The announcement Thursday by parliament National Security and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad led a chorus of defiant Iranian criticism of new UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic on Wednesday, saying they deserved to be "thrown in the dust bin."

"These resolutions are not worth a dime for the Iranian nation," he said.

"I gave one of them (world powers) a message that the resolutions you issue ...

UN slaps fourth set of sanctions on Iran

2010-06-09T12:16:39Z

World powers Wednesday slapped a fourth set of UN sanctions on Iran aiming to curb its suspect nuclear program by hitting the Islamic republic with new military and financial punitive measures.

The US-drafted resolution was adopted by 12 votes in favor in the 15-member Security Council, with...

UN to vote on new Iran sanctions

2010-07-21T13:50:05Z

The UN Security Council is set to slap new sanctions on Iran Wednesday for refusing to rein in its suspect nuclear program, despite warnings from Tehran it will break off talks on the standoff.

After months of behind-the-scenes haggling, Mexican Ambassad...

Clinton: Iran sanctions will be toughest ever

2010-07-21T13:50:04Z

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called the proposed new U.N. sanctions against Iran's suspect nuclear program the toughest ever adopted, a day before the U.N. Security Council was expected to vote on the measur...

Iran says UN watchdog misinterpreted Tehran tests

2010-06-03T04:45:08Z

Iran's nuclear chief says report by UN watchdog misinterpreted Tehran experiments

Iran's atomic energy chief says the U.N. nuclear watchdog misunderstood the nature of the experiments at a Tehran laboratory mentioned in its latest report.

The report added to the West's concerns about Iranian nuclear ambitions.

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Powers should consider Iran fuel offer: experts

2010-06-02T00:45:11Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - World powers should seriously consider a newly-drafted fuel swap plan for Iran to part with some of its nuclear material, even if it is not perfect, a group of high-profile experts said.

The nine experts, including former weapons inspector David Kay, former U.S.

2010-05-31T02:00:18Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a U.N. declaration that urged his country to put its nuclear facilities under U.N. safeguards, saying it singled out Israel while letting Iran

UN talks back steps towards nuclear-free Mideast

2010-05-29T02:16:04Z

In a breakthrough after a decade of deadlock, the Non-Proliferation Treaty's 189 nations proposed new steps towards nuclear disarmament and making the Middle East free of atomic weapons.

It was the first agreement in 10 years on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which since 1970 has set the global agenda for fighting the spread of nuclear weapons.

Diplomats at an NPT review conference approved by consensus a 28-page fina...

NPT nations agree steps towards nuclear-free Mideast

2010-05-29T00:15:48Z

In a breakthrough after a decade of deadlock, the Non-Proliferation Treaty's 189 nations proposed new steps towards nuclear disarmament and making the Middle East free of atomic weapons.

It was the first agreement in 10 years on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which since 1970 has set the global agenda for fighting the spread of nuclear weapons.

Diplomats at an NPT review conference approved by consensus a 28-page fin...

UN nuclear conference down to wire over Middle East

2010-05-28T11:16:14Z

A month-long UN nuclear conference was down to the wire Friday as it prepared to close amid disagreement over setting up a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East, diplomats said.

Arab countries were meeting to consider their position on the matter ahead of a plenary session scheduled for 11:00 am (1500 GMT) on a landmark review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Tre...

UN nuclear conference gets last-minute draft statement

2010-05-27T20:15:33Z

A month-long UN nuclear conference took up a new draft final document in its final 24 hours in a last-ditch bid to resolve a stalemate that has blocked moves on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for a decade.

Conference president Libran Cabactulan of the Philippines presented the draft to a plenary session on Thursday, reviewing the 189-nation NPT at United Nations hea...

Nuke 'haves,' 'have-nots' in final haggling at UN

2010-05-26T11:30:30Z

Nuclear 'haves' and 'have-nots' debate into final days of UN treaty conference

Nuclear-armed and non-nuclear nations entered the final days of a monthlong treaty conference Wednesday haggling over the trade-off between steps to disarm those with the weapons and steps to keep atomic arms from those without.

The final three days of the twice-a-decade gathering to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Tr...

Final week of UN nuclear conference has eyes on Iran

2010-05-24T20:15:37Z

A landmark UN conference on fighting the spread of nuclear weapons opened its final week Monday with eyes on Iran's efforts to avoid fresh UN sanctions against its nuclear program.

Iran is seen as a test case for the 189-nation Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), as it claims its nuclear work is peaceful but is under three rounds of UN sanctions to get it to rein in its nuclear program o...

Iran notifies UN nuclear watchdog of fuel deal

2010-05-24T13:16:06Z

Iran formally notified the UN atomic watchdog Monday of its nuclear fuel swap deal with Turkey and Brazil, as the UN chief said it could lead to a negotiated solution to the standoff with Tehran.

Delegates from the three countries handed a letter to the ...

US gets China, Russia on board for Iran sanctions

2010-07-21T13:49:53Z

The United States introduced a United Nations resolution aimed at Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program on Tuesday, having won long-sought and pivotal support from China and Russia for new sanctions against its powerful Zimbabwe's UN Ambassador

Iran minister to meet UN council in NYC

2010-05-06T12:30:32Z

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Facing the possibility of a new round of U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program, Iran's foreign minister will meet with the United States and other members of the Security Council on Thursday, diplomats said.

"The Iranian mission is h...

Ivory Coast

2011-01-02T12:30:25Z

In this Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010, photo, Jordanian peace keepers, patrol on the street in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Some people yell "U.N. out!" as the Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers pass by in their armored personnel carriers, but generally these soldiers don't understand French and so miss the comments yelled at them, although one man honk...

South Sudan Vote

2010-12-28T11:31:27Z

Southern Sudanese men store recently delivered ballot papers, inside a warehouse in Juba, southern Sudan on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. More than 7.3 million ballots have arrived in Southern Sudan for an independence referendum that is likely to create the world's newest country. U.N. official

APTOPIX Ivory Coast

2010-12-24T01:31:06Z

UN forces drive past a billboard for President Laurent Gbagbo in, Ivory Coast, Abidjan Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. The United Nations said Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed and dozens of others have gone missing or been tortured following Ivory Coast's disputed ...

Richardson Koreas

2010-12-23T18:31:25Z

In this Dec. 22, 2010 photo, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson answers questions about his recent trip to North Korea during an interview in his office in Santa Fe, N.M. A former U.S. ambassador to the ...

Switzerland Human Rights Council Ivory Coast

2010-12-23T07:00:28Z

Korean Kyung-Wha Kang, United Nations deputy high Commissioner for Human Rights speaks during the 14th special session on the situation in Ivory Coast of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

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