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North Korean leader Kim orders more nuclear tests

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched a ballistic missile launch test and ordered… Read More

Japan lifts nuclear sanctions on Iran

TOKYO: Japan on Friday lifted sanctions on Iran, falling in line with major world powers after… Read More

Iran starts taking nuclear centrifuges offline

Iran has begun decommissioning uranium enrichment centrifuges under the terms of the nuclear deal struck… Read More

Iran's Khamenei backs parliamentary vote on nuclear deal with powers: state TV

ANKARA: Iran's Supreme Leader said on Thursday he favored a parliamentary vote on its nuclear… Read More

U.S. Senator Mikulski gives Obama key vote to protect Iran nuclear deal

WASHINGTON: Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski said on Wednesday she will support the Iran nuclear… Read More

Indira Gandhi considered military strikes on Pakistan’s nuke sites: CIA document

WASHINGTON: As relations between India and Pakistan already experiencing a very low point, a declassified… Read More

Foreign Office terms report on Pakistan nuclear programme as “baseless”

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday rejected a report that claimed fast expansion in Pakistan nuclear programme… Read More

'God has accepted nation's prayers', says Iran's President

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a live televised address Tuesday that "God has… Read More

Iran envoy declines to commit to nuclear transparency measures

VIENNA: Iran's envoy to the U.N. nuclear agency declined on Thursday to commit to nuclear… Read More

Iran nuclear talks to resume on April 21, says Zarif

MADRID: Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers will resume on April 21 at the deputy level,… Read More

Turkey launches construction of first nuclear power plant

ANKARA: Turkey on Tuesday launched the construction of its first nuclear power plant, a controversial… Read More

Pentagon opposes Russian move to sell missiles to Iran

WASHINGTON: The US military expressed concern Monday after Russia lifted its ban on supplying its… Read More

Diplomacy is the best course with Iran: Obama

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that diplomacy was the best option to… Read More

Iran says nuclear deal will open ‘new page’ with world

TEHRAN: Iran vowed to stand by a nuclear deal with world powers Friday as President Hassan… Read More

Dar rules out delay in completion of nuclear projects

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that delay in completion of K2 and K3… Read More

Setbacks and progress as Iran, six powers meet to end nuclear impasse

LAUSANNE: The foreign ministers of Iran and six world powers met on Monday in a… Read More

Oil leaps 5 percent, most in a month, on air strikes in Yemen

NEW YORK: Oil jumped about 5 percent on Thursday, the biggest daily gain in a… Read More

Iran, U.S. meet for four hours before talks move to Brussels

LUSANNE: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif held four… Read More

Saudi prince says Iran deal risks nuclear proliferation: BBC

RIYADH:  Any terms that world powers grant Iran under a nuclear deal will be sought… Read More

Obama says Iran must halt key nuclear work for at least a decade

WASHINGTON: Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear… Read More