Topic: United Nations
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 diplomats say.Russian and Chinese reluctance may ...
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 push for the release of International Atomic Energy ...
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 ...
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 Akbar Salehi there were "important areas of disagreement" between the two ...
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 ...
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 representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, ...
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.The U.S. plan, which is being ...
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.Yukiya Amano, director general of the U.N. ...
VIENNA (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 Damascus' crackdown on opposition protests.Russia and China voted against the proposal at ...
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 International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member board of ...