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Iran hits out at US plan to take MEK off terror list

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Tehran on Wednesday condemned a planned move by Washington to remove an Iranian opposition group based abroad, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, from its blackli...

West turns up heat on Iran and Syria at UN

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Western and Arab leaders ramped up the pressure on Syria and Iran at the United Nations, as US President Barack Obama vowed to keep Tehran from getting its hand...

Ahmadinejad slams West's 'nuclear intimidation'

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West and Israel of nuclear "intimidation" on Wednesday, after US President Barack Obama vowed to halt Tehran's ...

Netanyahu 'working in every way' to prevent a nuclear Iran

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he was using all available means to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, on the eve of his addres...

Egypt's Morsi warns Israel over 'law of the jungle' threats

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Egypt's new president on Wednesday hit out at Israel over its veiled threats to attack Iran's nuclear facilities and the deadlock in the Middle East peace proce...

Switzerland sentences three in Libyan nuclear case

Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)

Switzerland's highest court on Tuesday sentenced a family of Swiss engineers accused of helping Libya in its failed efforts years ago to build up a nuclear weap...

Work halted at N. Korea rocket launch pad: website

Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)

New satellite imagery shows North Korea has halted work at a launch pad capable of testing intercontinental missiles, possibly setting the project back by up to...

Iran: Hard-liners play rough as poll nears

Sep 25, 2012 (UPI)

The arrest of two children of former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in recent days is seen as an attempt by hard-liners to ensure he doesn't run...

Iran boosts air defenses, but holes remain

Sep 24, 2012 (UPI)

Iran's been showing off a new air-defense system designed to counter U.S., and Israeli, airstrikes. But Western military analysts say there are a lot of holes i...

Britain, France, Germany call for new Iran sanctions

Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)

Britain, France and Germany have officially called for new European Union sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, diplomats said. The foreign ministers...

S. Korean leader warns of 'growing' maritime threats

Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak warned on Monday of "growing threats" to the country's maritime security, posed by North Korea and regional territorial dis...

Obama brushes off Israeli pressure over Iran

Sep 23, 2012 (AFP)

President Barack Obama likened Israeli pressure on him to draw a line in the sand over Iran's nuclear ambitions as noise he tries to ignore, according to remark...

N. Korea warns South after sea confrontation

Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea on Saturday threatened military retaliation after South Korean navy patrol boats fired warning shots at fishing vessels from the North near their di...

Israel war on Iran 'will eventually happen': Guards chief

Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)

An Israeli war on Iran "will eventually happen" but the Jewish state will be destroyed as a result, the head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturd...

Iran parades military, warns Israel

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

Iran warned Israel and the United States against any aggression, as it proudly paraded its troops and military hardwareon Friday under the gaze of President Mah...

UN atomic agency member states slam North Korea

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

Member states of the UN atomic agency approved Friday a resolution "deploring" North Korea's decision to cease all cooperation with the watchdog and calling on ...

US to take Iran opposition group off terror list

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

In a move sure to enrage Tehran, the US is poised to remove an Iranian opposition group, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, from its terror blacklist, US lawmaker...

Summit on nuclear-free Mideast unrealistic: Israel

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

Israel has dismissed plans to hold a summit on creating a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, saying it was unrealistic to push such an idea given the "current...

West warns Iran time running out for nuclear accord

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

The United States, Britain and France warned Iran on Thursday that time is running out for a negotiated settlement to the showdown on its nuclear program. "Time...

How close were we to armageddon? 50 years on, why should we still study the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)

Why, fifty years on, is the Cuban Missile Crisis still a subject of considerable fascination for academics and professionals alike? Should we still be studying ...