NUKE WARS - RUSSO DAILY

Family reunion underway as S. Korea-US army drill looms

Feb 23, 2014 (AFP)

A second group of South Koreans met North Korean relatives Sunday at a reunion for families divided for decades, a day before South Korean-US military exercises...

Hardline Iran cleric warns against resuming US ties

Feb 21, 2014 (AFP)

A prominent hardline cleric in Iran warned on Friday against the Islamic republic resuming ties with the United States, and said any attempt to do so would prov...

Iran agrees to 'framework' for final nuclear talks

Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)

A senior Iranian negotiator said Thursday that Tehran has agreed on a "framework" for talks with world powers aimed at reaching a comprehensive nuclear accord, ...

Iran sticking to nuclear freeze: UN watchdog

Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)

Iran is sticking to a six-month nuclear freeze agreed under a November interim deal with world powers, the UN atomic agency said in new report Thursday, a month...

Next Iran nuclear talks March 17: Ashton

Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)

Iran and world powers have agreed a timetable and framework agreement for working out a lasting nuclear accord, and will meet again on March 17, EU foreign poli...

For US, tricky path pressing North Korea rights

Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)

For more than two decades, the top US goal on North Korea has been to curb the regime's nuclear weapons and missile programs, which have nonetheless steadily ad...

Republican Guards warning as Iran nuclear talks press on

Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)

Iran and six powers held nuclear talks for a second day Wednesday as the commander of the powerful Republican Guards warned against damaging "national pride" bu...

Iran nuclear talks make tentative progress

Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)

Nuclear talks towards a lasting agreement between Iran and six powers appeared to make modest progress on a second day Wednesday, with Washington saying the neg...

German-Iranian arrested for shipping missile parts

Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)

German police have arrested a man suspected of having purchased equipment for Iran's ballistic missile programme in breach of international sanctions, prosecuto...

Australian missionary held in North Korea

Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)

A 75-year-old Australian missionary has been detained in North Korea for allegedly distributing Korean-language Christian pamphlets, his wife told AFP on Wednes...

Report undermines US Iran sanctions push

Feb 18, 2014 (AFP)

A new non-partisan report by top foreign policy experts largely backs White House warnings that imposing new sanctions on Iran could seriously complicate, if no...

North Korea atrocities exposed, but what next?

Feb 18, 2014 (AFP)

Defectors and activists welcomed Tuesday a UN-mandated inquiry's searing indictment of gross human rights abuses in North Korea, but analysts questioned the int...

Iran's comprehensive nuclear accord -- a big deal

Feb 18, 2014 (AFP)

Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany began talks on Tuesday in Vienna on reaching a comprehensive nuclear deal. Iran is u...

Iran, world powers on long road to final nuclear deal

Feb 18, 2014 (AFP)

Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers entered new territory Tuesday as negotiators embarked on what both sides predicted will be a long and difficult path...

China sends top envoy to N.Korea after purge: official

Feb 17, 2014 (AFP)

China's vice foreign minister is visiting North Korea, the ministry said Monday, making him Beijing's most senior envoy known to go to Pyongyang since its young...

China rejects sending N. Korea to world rights court

Feb 17, 2014 (AFP)

China said Monday it would oppose any move at the United Nations to refer North Korea's leadership to the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes agains...

Iran's Khamenei says nuclear talks will 'lead nowhere'

Feb 17, 2014 (AFP)

Iran's top decision-maker Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday nuclear talks with world powers would "lead nowhere" but that he did not oppose them. Iran is due t...

Israel PM says Iran only winner from nuclear talks

Feb 17, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Iran is the only beneficiary of nuclear talks with world powers and accused Tehran of "continuing its...

Iran, world powers aim for final nuclear deal

Feb 16, 2014 (AFP)

Iran and world powers embark Tuesday on the Herculean task of transforming their interim nuclear deal into a long-term accord satisfying all sides and silencing...

NKorean ship seized with arms returning to Cuba

Feb 15, 2014 (AFP)

A North Korean ship caught in July while trying to move undeclared Cuban weapons through the Panama Canal left Saturday to return to Cuba, the Foreign Ministry ...