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Israel under huge pressure to avoid Iran attack

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

Israel is coming under increased pressure from Washington and Europe to hold off from attacking Iran over its disputed nuclear drive and allow time for a regime...

More than 30 years of Iran-Israel hostility

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

The hostility between Iran and Israel, and between Iran and most Western nations generally, dates from the revolution that brought in the present Islamic republ...

UN nuclear team arrives in Iran, seeks 'concrete results'

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

A delegation from the UN nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran early Monday for a two-day visit aimed at seeking a solution to a dispute over Iran's nuclear progra...

S. Korea holds firing drill despite N. Korea threat

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

South Korean troops Monday staged a live-fire artillery exercise near the disputed Yellow Sea border despite threats from North Korea's new leadership of "merci...

Iran boosts nuclear site defences, warns EU on oil

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

Iran deployed warplanes and missiles Monday in an "exercise" to protect nuclear sites threatened by possible Israeli attacks and warned it could cut oil exports...

Netanyahu meeting US security official amid Iran tensions

Feb 19, 2012 (AFP)

A top US security official met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday amid rising concerns over Iran and ahead of a trip by the Israeli premier to ...

Iran wants talks under spectre of possible war

Feb 19, 2012 (AFP)

Iran is to host a high-level team from the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday as part of efforts to defuse dire international tensions over its atomic activities thr...

N. Korea warns of retaliation for S. Korea drill

Feb 19, 2012 (AFP)

North Korea warned Sunday it will bombard islands near the disputed Yellow Sea border with South Korea if an upcoming naval firing drill by Seoul violates its t...

Nuclear bomb cannot bring superiority: Iran

Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that nuclear-armed nations were not superior to others, a day after his sanctions-hit government told world po...

IAEA visit to Iran 'last chance,' but little hope of results

Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)

The UN atomic agency's second visit to Iran in a month next week could be Tehran's "last chance" to show goodwill on its nuclear programme and avoid sanctions, ...

UN chief makes new call for nuclear test ban implementation

Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon made a new call Friday for the last countries that have not yet ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ...

New Iran talks on the way?

Feb 17, 2012 (UPI)

With effects of looming international sanctions rocking its economy, Iran has indicated willingness to resume talks with world powers, who want to talk about Te...

China prepares to repatriate N. Koreans: reports

Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)

Nine North Korean refugees detained by China are being transferred to a border area in preparation for repatriation despite pleas from South Korea, reports said...

Netanyahu blasts Iran over nuclear programme, 'terror'

Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Thursday of being the most irresponsible country in the world and said sanctions against Tehran over i...

Iran eyes talks after nuclear boasts

Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)

Iran on Thursday expressed hopes of reviving moribund talks with world powers, a day after the Islamic republic unveiled what it described as major progress in ...

Attacks deepen Iran nuclear puzzle

Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)

Attacks on Israeli diplomats, new nuclear grandstanding and a glimmer of fresh hope for diplomacy are taking Iran's feud with its Western foes to an unpredictab...

S. Korea and US to stage anti-sub drill in Yellow Sea

Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)

The US and South Korean navies will stage a joint anti-submarine drill in the Yellow Sea next week to guard against potential attacks by North Korea, Seoul's de...

Israel targets Iran with diplomatic offensive after blasts

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

As the covert war between Iran and Israel moves into the open, the Jewish state is looking to use the attacks in Thailand and India to up diplomatic pressure on...

US eyes deep cuts to nuclear arsenal: official

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

President Barack Obama's administration is looking at possible cuts to the US nuclear arsenal that include a drastic option to reduce the number of warheads by ...

'Go build' 4 research reactors, Ahmadinejad orders Iran

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday ordered Iran to "go build" four more nuclear research reactors in addition to the sole one operating in Tehran. "It h...