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IAEA gets no deal with Iran on bomb research suspicions

The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran failed on Friday to strike a deal aimed at allaying concerns about suspected nuclear weapons research by Tehran,...

Nuclear powers stress ‘urgent’ Iran cooperation with IAEA

The United States, China, Russia, France and Britain reiterated their call Thursday for Iran to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog over its disputed...

North Korea invites IAEA, says US deal still in force

North Korea has invited UN inspectors to monitor a nuclear deal with the United States, insisting the pact remains in force despite its shock...

China urges IAEA to step up cooperation with Iran

China Thursday urged the UN atomic watchdog to step up cooperation with Iran in a bid to restore trust over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, after...

The Iranian nuclear crisis

And Israel’s deadly diplomacy Analyses of the events surrounding the Iranian nuclear crisis have tended to focus on the military dimension to the exclusion of...

Warning! Dengue to return in February

Dengue, which claimed more than 500 lives in 2011, is set to return between the second week of February and the first week of...

IAEA seeks to send high-level mission to Iran

The UN nuclear watchdog wants to send a special high-level mission to Iran to address mounting concerns the country may be seeking to design...

Iran should answer questions raised by IAEA: Clinton

The US is expecting Iran to answer the serious questions raised by the recent IAEA report on Tehran's nuclear programme, Secretary of State Hillary...

IAEA alleges signs of Pak-Syria nuke tie

UN investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with AQ Khan, the father of...

Israel sees ‘positive’ Arab move at IAEA meeting

Israel welcomed as a "positive move" on Friday a decision by Arab states not to single out the Jewish state with a resolution condemning...

Iran’s ‘greater transparency’ not enough: IAEA

The head of the UN atomic watchdog said Monday that Iran had been more open to inspectors in a recent visit to the country’s...

Iran to give IAEA ‘full supervision’ if sanctions lifted

Iran on Monday said it was ready to give the International Atomic Energy Agency “full supervision” of its nuclear programme for five years if...

Iran says ready for more cooperation with IAEA

Iran is ready for increased cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog and could respond to a limited number of IAEA “allegations”, the country’s nuclear...

West’s push on Syria may spark IAEA debate

Western states are pressing ahead with a drive to report Syria to the U.N. Security Council over suspected nuclear activity, despite misgivings among some...

IAEA begins probe into Japan nuclear emergency

A team of foreign inspectors due to visit Japan’s stricken Fukushima plant began questioning officials Wednesday as part of a fact-finding mission on the...

No doubt Japan will overcome crisis: IAEA chief

VIENNA - Japan's nuclear situation is still very serious but there is no doubt the country will "effectively overcome" the crisis, the head of the UN atomic agency said on Monday.
Yukiya Amano, addressing an emergency meeting of the Vienna-based agency's 35-nation governing board, said he was starting to see some positive developments regarding the stricken nuclear power plant, 240 km north of Tokyo. "The crisis has still not been resolved and the situation at the Fukushima

IAEA under heavy political pressure: Iran

TEHRAN - Iran on Tuesday said the UN atomic watchdog was under "heavy political pressure" after the agency reported Tehran may have engaged in nuclear weaponisation studies more recently than previously thought."If... the old issue of alleged studies which has no foundation is brought up then it shows that heavy political pressure is being exerted on the agency," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said in reaction to the finding.
The IAEA chief Yuikya Amano said on