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Obama warns against premature Iran strike

Mar 02, 2012 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama warned on Friday against a premature attack on Iran, while Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his country had the right to sel...

US, N.Korea to meet next week to finalize food aid

Mar 02, 2012 (AFP)

US and North Korean officials will meet next week in Beijing to finalize plans for food aid as agreed in a surprise recent denuclearization deal, the State Depa...

N. Korea threatens S. Korea despite accord with US

Mar 02, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea Friday renewed threats to launch a "sacred war" against South Korea, indicating cross-border ties will remain icy despite Pyongyang's surprise nucle...

N. Korea's new regime agrees with US on nuclear halt

Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea has announced it will suspend its nuclear tests and uranium enrichment programme in return for US food aid, in a breakthrough less than three months...

N. Korea offers US lessons, but no model, on Iran

Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)

A surprise nuclear deal with North Korea shows a renewed faith by US President Barack Obama in seeking diplomatic solutions, but resolving tensions over Iran ma...

Iran polling likely to fuel power struggle

Mar 01, 2012 (UPI)

Friday's parliamentary elections in Iran are likely to intensify a power struggle between rival hard-line factions led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

China backs US-N. Korea nuclear freeze deal

Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)

China Thursday welcomed North Korea's agreement to freeze nuclear activities in return for massive US food aid, a deal that raised cautious hopes of eased tensi...

N. Korea buys time with US nuclear deal: analysts

Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea's new leaders, hungry for food aid ahead of a landmark anniversary, have bought time in a deal with Washington but show no sign of actually renounci...

N. Korea, US agree on nuclear halt

Feb 29, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea's new leadership said Wednesday it would suspend nuclear and missile tests and its uranium enrichment programme as part of a deal that includes US f...

Iran denies any atomic activity at suspect military site

Feb 29, 2012 (AFP)

Iran said on Wednesday that "no nuclear activity whatsoever" has taken place at its military site of Parchin, which UN nuclear watchdog inspectors demanded last...

US Air Force prepared if diplomacy with Iran fails: general

Feb 29, 2012 (AFP)

The United States has powerful bombs at the ready in the case of possible military action against Iran and work is under way to bolster their firepower, the air...

Republicans criticize US, N. Korea deal

Feb 29, 2012 (AFP)

Republican lawmakers Wednesday criticized President Barack Obama and warned that North Korea was not to be trusted after it promised to suspend its nuclear prog...

N. Korea deal raises hopes over young leader

Feb 29, 2012 (AFP)

Soon after President Barack Obama took office in 2009 promising to reach out to US enemies, North Korea tested a missile and then a nuclear bomb and stormed out...

US commander admits conditions on N. Korea aid

Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)

A US commander acknowledged Wednesday that Washington has linked food aid to North Korea to progress on military issues, saying that the impoverished communist ...

Iran minister optimistic nuclear talks will go ahead

Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Tuesday he was optimistic that talks with the international community over its controversial atomic activities wo...

US nuclear oversight too lax: science group

Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)

A study of safety lapses at nuclear power facilities in the United States found that owners of atomic plants too often either close an eye to problems or fail t...

Israeli arms for Baku likely to spook Iran

Feb 27, 2012 (UPI)

Israel's new $1.6 billion arms deal with Azerbaijan will transfer sophisticated military technology up to Iran's uneasy northern border and is likely to intensi...

S. Korea, US launch exercise despite N. Korea threat

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea and the United States launched major annual military exercises on Monday, as North Korea said it was ready for war over what it termed a reckless pr...

N. Korea threatens 'sacred war' over US-South drill

Feb 25, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea on Saturday threatened a "sacred war" over US-South Korean joint military drills next week as a US envoy urged Pyongyang's new leadership to engage ...

A strike on Iran would pose tough test for Israelis

Feb 25, 2012 (AFP)

An Israeli pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear sites would amount to a roll of the dice against elusive targets, drawing in the United States if the gamble fel...