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Iran's Zarif reaches out to old foe Saudi

Dec 02, 2013 (AFP)

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif appealed Monday to Saudi Arabia to work with Tehran toward achieving regional "stability", as he pressed a tour see...

Netanyahu slams 'rush to accommodate' Iran

Dec 02, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the international community's "rush to accommodate" Iran on Monday, describing an easing of sanctions against ...

Iran's Zarif reassures Gulf Arabs over nuclear deal

Dec 01, 2013 (AFP)

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif assured Gulf Arab states Sunday his country's nuclear deal with the West is in their interest and also announced p...

Iran 'will not abandon Arak heavy water reactor'

Dec 01, 2013 (AFP)

Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi has said Tehran will never abandon the Arak heavy water reactor, considering it a "red line" in talks with world powers, m...

N.Korea resumes missile site construction: US institute

Nov 30, 2013 (AFP)

North Korea has resumed construction work on a missile launch site on its northeast coast after a months-long hiatus, part of a renewed push for its nuclear and...

Nuclear deal could improve Iran, UAE ties: Tehran

Nov 29, 2013 (AFP)

Iran's landmark nuclear deal is "a great opportunity" for expanding strained ties between Tehran and the United Arab Emirates, President Hassan Rouhani said Thu...

Iran nuclear freeze to start by January: envoy

Nov 29, 2013 (AFP)

Iran's six-month freeze of its nuclear programme agreed with world powers in Geneva will start by early January, Tehran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog indica...

Outside View: U.S. should help Iranian dissidents

Nov 28, 2013 (UPI)

Growing up as an Iranian refugee in the United States was never easy. On the one hand I've had to battle against unfair stereotypes about the Middle East, while...

NKorea images suggest reactor testing: IAEA

Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)

Activities observed at North Korea's Yongbyon site indicate testing ahead of a possible restart to a reactor that could provide it with weapons-grade plutonium,...

IAEA not ready to verify Iran nuclear deal

Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)

The UN nuclear watchdog said Thursday it was not yet ready to verify Iran's compliance with the recent deal with world powers, as Tehran invited inspectors to t...

Obama calls Saudi king after Iran deal

Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama called Saudi king Abdullah late Wednesday to discuss latest developments in the Middle East, a report said, days after world powers st...

Kerry returning to Israel next week amid Iran row

Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry returns to Israel next week, seeking to ease tensions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has denounced the nuc...

Outside View: Freezing Iran's nuclear ambitions

Nov 27, 2013 (UPI)

In an extraordinary time, by any measure last week was extraordinary. On Thursday, the U.S. Senate went nuclear. The super-majority requirement of 60 votes that...

Panama to free most of crew in Cuba-NKorea arms case

Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)

Panama will release 32 of 35 North Korean sailors detained for carrying undeclared Cuban arms as their ship was about to transit the Panama Canal, the Foreign M...

Iran FM defends nuclear deal before parliament

Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif went before parliament on Wednesday to defend a landmark nuclear deal clinched at the weekend with world powers, m...

Iran six-month nuclear freeze period not started: EU

Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)

Iran's six-month temporary rollback of its nuclear activities agreed to in the recent deal has not begun and the start date has not yet been set, a spokesman fo...

N. Korea slams 'hostile' US, says to boost nuclear deterrent

Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)

North Korea on Wednesday slammed the United States for blocking denuclearisation talks with "absurd preconditions" that would only prompt Pyongyang to bolster i...

Gulf states urge Iran to cooperate fully on nuclear deal

Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)

Gulf Arab states called on Iran on Wednesday to fully cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog in implementing a landmark deal with major powers. Foreign minister...

Is Iran borrowing North Korea's nuclear playbook?

Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)

Critics of the deal to cap Iran's nuclear programme say it repeats mistakes made with North Korea, but analysts say there is little to suggest Tehran will follo...

Iran says talks only on nuclear issue, not US ties

Nov 26, 2013 (AFP)

Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday that bilateral discussions with the United States before a historic nuclear agreement were limited to the atomic issue and ...