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UN faces rival drafts on Iran missiles to Yemen
Feb 25, 2018 (AFP)
The council is set to vote on Monday on renewing sanctions on Yemen for a year, but a British-drafted text also calls for "additional measures" in response to a...
Relatives protest visit by N. Korea general blamed for warship sinking
Feb 24, 2018 (AFP)
Relatives of the 46 killed on the Cheonan corvette urged Seoul to scrap the visit by Kim Yong Chol who will head an eight-member delegation at the Games' closin...
US seeks UN ban on 33 ships, 27 firms over North Korea smuggling
Feb 24, 2018 (AFP)
The US request to a UN sanctions committee, a copy of which was obtained by AFP, came as President Donald Trump announced Friday the "heaviest sanctions ever" o...
Trump announces 'heaviest ever' sanctions on North Korea
Feb 24, 2018 (AFP)
Trump used a speech to conservatives just outside Washington to step up his campaign of "maximum pressure" designed to force North Korea to roll back its weapon...
Three more Iranian environmentalists arrested
Feb 24, 2018 (AFP)
"Members of the Association for the Protection of Nature in Lavardin were arrested by a security agency. The allegations against them are unknown," Tabnak repor...
China investigates suspected N. Korea sanctions breach
Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)
Japan has said a military patrol plane and an escort vessel observed the alleged transfer in the East China Sea last week. It is the third time this year that T...
Iran sticking to nuclear deal: UN watchdog
Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)
The International Atomic Energy Agency document, the ninth since the deal came into force in January 2016, showed Iran complying with the accord's key parameter...
Japan reports suspected North Korea sanctions breach
Feb 21, 2018 (AFP)
The incident is the third time this year that Tokyo has reported a cargo transfer by a North Korean vessel in violation of UN sanctions over Pyongyang's banned ...
US Secret Service denies China nuclear football 'skirmish'
Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)
Chinese security officials blocked the US military aide carrying the briefcase that carries the procedures and communications equipment that allow the US leader...
UN draft calls for 'measures' over Iran missiles to Yemen
Feb 19, 2018 (AFP)
The proposed resolution drafted by Britain is in response to a report by a UN panel of experts which found that missiles fired by Yemen's Huthi rebels at Saudi ...
Tillerson to N.Korea on talks: 'I'm listening'
Feb 17, 2018 (AFP)
"My job as chef diplomat is to ensure that the North Koreans know, we keep our channels open," Tillerson told the CBS news show "60 Minutes." "I am listening. I...
S. Korea's Moon says 'too early' for Pyongyang summit
Feb 17, 2018 (AFP)
Moon last week received an invitation from the North's leader Kim Jong Un for a summit in Pyongyang. The invitation was extended by his younger sister Kim Yo Jo...
US wants UN action over report on Iranian missiles to Yemen
Feb 16, 2018 (AFP)
The report found that Tehran had failed to block supplies to Yemen's Huthi rebels of ballistic missiles that were fired at Saudi Arabia. "This report highlights...
No plan for 'bloody nose' North Korea strike: US officials
Feb 15, 2018 (AFP)
At a hearing to confirm nominees for top State Department roles, senators said they had been told by members of President Donald Trump's national security team ...
UN nuclear agency to help Japan for 2020 Olympics
Feb 15, 2018 (AFP)
A cooperation agreement between the UN agency's director Yukiya Amano and Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono was signed in Vienna, where the IAEA is based. "Th...
Son of dead environmentalist in Iran says family threatened
Feb 15, 2018 (AFP)
Iranian authorities accused Kavous Seyed Emami, 63, a renowned professor and founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, of being part of an espionage ...
Canada wants answers after Iran prison death
Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)
Tehran's chief prosecutor accused Emami of being part of an espionage network set up by Israel's Mossad and the CIA. "We are seriously concerned by the situatio...
US island Guam stays relaxed amid North Korea nuclear standoff
Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)
Months later, and with tensions still high, they remain sanguine. "We know that if anything was to happen, there would be a lot of efforts to keep us safe and m...
Iran says dead environmentalist was part of CIA, Mossad spy network
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
Kavous Seyed Emami, 63, a renowned professor and founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, was buried on Tuesday in the village of Ammami around 40 k...
Iran military official: West used lizards for nuclear spying
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
Hassan Firuzabadi, senior military advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was responding to questions from local media on the recent arrest of enviro...
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