Seoul, Oct 13 (DPA) North Korea Tuesday agreed to meet South Korea this week for talks, but was at the same time preparing new missile tests, South Korean media reports said. The two ...

Pittsburgh, Sep 25 (IANS) The US, Britain and France Friday charged Iran with defying the UN Security Council and warned of sanctions if Tehran refuses the International Atomic Energy Agency to ...

New York, Sep 25 (DPA) Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cancelled a press conference scheduled for later Friday at United Nations headquarters in New York. No reasons were provided to the UN ...

Pittsburgh/Vienna, Sep 25 (DPA) Hours after it was confirmed that Iran has a second, previously unknown, nuclear enrichment plant, US President Barack Obama Friday said the size of the new plant ...

Pittsburgh, Sep 25 (DPA) US President Barack Obama said Friday the size of a second Iranian nuclear plant revealed this week is "inconsistent" with claims that it is being used to ...

Washington, Sep 11 (DPA) The US Thursday criticised Iran's proposal for resolving the long-standing nuclear dispute, saying it failed to address the key issues that have put Tehran at odds with much ...

Islamabad, Aug.21 (ANI): Terming the Kashmir issue as a 'cornerstone' of country's foreign policy, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said his government is 'vigorously' pursuing the issue. Speaking in the ...

Islamabad, Aug.14 (ANI): Pakistan has reiterated its ad-nauseum stance of resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolution. Addressing a gathering at Rawalkot, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said Pakistan People's Party ...

Islamabad, Aug. 8 (ANI): Islamabad has once again resorted to the old rhetoric of resolving the Kashmir issue in line with the UN Security Council resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiris. "Pakistan ...

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India and Germany Thursday held talks on non-proliferation issues and underlined their commitment to nuclear disarmament, officials said here. Germany's Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The G8 declaration on counter terrorism Thursday called for increased coordination among countries to check the abuse of internet by terrorist organisations for propaganda. "Special ...

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) India and Germany are set to step up dialogue on nuclear issues when the German pointsperson on arms control holds two-day talks with Indian officials beginning Wednesday. ...

New York, July 7 (Xinhua) The UN Security Council has condemned the recent missile launches by North Korea and urged the communist country to fully comply with its obligations and relevant UN ...

Washington, July 5 (DPA) The United States Saturday called North Korea's "possible" missile launches "not helpful" but stopped short of confirming them or calling them a violation of UN sanctions. "We're waiting until ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired its seventh missile from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said, as Pyongyang raised tension in the Korean peninsula. The missiles, with a ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired six missiles from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said. The missiles, with a range of 400 to 500 km, were fired over ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired five more missiles off its east coast Saturday, according to South Korean media reports. The missiles, apparently Scud rockets, were fired over the Sea of Japan, ...

Vienna, June 15 (DPA) Diplomats gathered in Vienna Monday for a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the stalemate with Iran over its nuclear programme - just days after ...

New York, June 12 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday criticised North Korea for pursuing its nuclear ambitions and hampering the global campaign for nuclear disarmament. Ban, a former South Korean foreign ...

Islamabad, June 2 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday raked up the Kashmir issue again by saying that only its resolution would bring a durable peace in South ...

Washington, May 28 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that North Korea will face consequences for detonating a nuclear device and for the "belligerent" threats issued against neighbouring ...

BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- The North Atlantic Council strongly condemns the announced North Korean (DPRK) nuclear and ballistic missile tests on 25 May 2009. These irresponsible actions by Pyongyang pose a serious challenge ...

Seoul, May 25 (IANS) The underground nuclear test conducted by North Korea Monday received fierce criticism from its neighbours Japan and South Korea, who called for an emergency session of the UN ...

Tokyo, April 6 (DPA) Japan has gained support from its allies in trying to get a new resolution passed in the UN Security Council in response to North Korea's weekend rocket launch ...

Washington, April 5 (DPA) The US led the world Sunday in condemning North Korea's missile launch with President Barack Obama calling it a "provocative act". China called for calm to prevail ...

Tokyo/Washington, April 5 (DPA) North Korea launched a rocket Sunday in defiance of warnings from the US and its Asian neighbours, the South Korean and Japanese governments confirmed. Pyongyang said it was ...

Washington, April 5 (DPA) The US Sunday led the international condemnation of North Korea's controversial rocket launch with President Barack Obama calling it a "provocative act". "North Korea's development and proliferation of ...

Mexico City, March 26 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has warned North Korea there would be consequences if the Stalinist state went ahead with a planned long-range missile launch. Speaking ...

New York, Feb 21 (DPA) UN Security Council members said Friday they eventually would have to tackle the new situation with Iran, which has continued its uranium enrichment programme and been found ...

Baghdad, Feb 12 (DPA) Iraqi parliamentarians are demanding Israel pay billions of dollars in reparations for a 1981 attack on a nuclear reactor in the country, a media report said Thursday. Mohammed Naji ...