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Seeking de-escalation of tensions with U.S. a foreign policy priority: Iranian FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday that seeking de-escalation of tensions with the United States is among Iran's foreign policy priorities.

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Japan warns DPRK's nuclear weapons programme has 'advanced considerably'

JapanhaswarnedthatthethreatfromDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)nuclearweaponshasreacheda“newstage”nowthatitappearstohavedevelopedanintercontinentalballis

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China FM urges DPRK to respond to U.S. guarantees

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to make a response to the guarantees of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

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Japan's Hiroshima commemorates 72th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima, the city that suffered U.S. atomic bombing in 1945 during World War II, commemorated the 72th anniversary of the tragedy on Sunday at the city's Peace Memorial Park, with its mayor calling for peace and a world free of nuclear weapons.

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Construction of two nuclear power plants in US halted

ConstructionworkontwonuclearpowerplantsintheUnitedStateshasbeenhaltedbecauseofcostoverruns,thecompaniesbehindthemsaid.SanteeCooper,oneofthosefirms,saidthatbecau

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Restraint, dialogue essential to solving the crisis of Korean Peninsula

Tensions have been escalating on the Korean Peninsula with the test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on July 4 by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and a combined ballistic missile exercise a day later by the United States and South Korea aimed at sending Pyongyang a warning.

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Restraint, dialogue essential to solving the crisis of Korean Peninsula

TensionshavebeenescalatingontheKoreanPeninsulawiththetest-launchofanintercontinentalballisticmissileonJuly4bytheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)andacombi

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Iran warns to retaliate U.S. new sanctions

Iranian officials on Wednesday unanimously denounced Washington's fresh sanctions against Tehran.

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Iran warns to retaliate U.S. new sanctions

Iranian officials on Wednesday unanimously denounced Washington's fresh sanctions against Tehran.

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On Iran, US and Europe may go their separate ways

On 17 July, the Trump administration again certified Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

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On Iran, US and Europe may go their separate ways

WashingtonisbecomingincreasinglyconfrontationalwhenitcomestoIranandthefutureofthenucleardeal,whileEuropeanpolicymakershavebeenatpainstoemphasiseitsimportance.As

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Iran's Rouhani says new U.S. sanctions violate nuclear accord: state TV

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday new U.S. economic sanctions imposed against Iran contravened the country's nuclear accord with world powers and he vowed that Tehran would "resist" them, state television reported.

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Iran’s foreign minister calls new United Nations sanctions illegal

Iran’sForeignMinistersaystheTrumpadministrationistryingto“poisontheinternationalatmosphere”withnewsanctionsafteritreportedthatthecountrymetitsobligationsunderth

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U.S. puts new sanctions on Iran over ballistic missile program

The United States slapped new economic sanctions against Iran on Tuesday over its ballistic missile program and said Tehran's "malign activities" in the Middle East undercut any "positive contributions" coming from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord.

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Spotlight: U.S. sanctions Iran after recertifying Tehran's compliance with nuclear deal

The United States on Tuesday slapped new sanctions on 18 entities and individuals linked to Iran's ballistic missile program and other non-nuclear activities.

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DPRK countermeasures discussed at Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue

The 27th Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue (NEACD) was held in Singapore this week and the top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan met Wednesday to discuss possible countermeasures following the DPRK’s test-firing an intercontinental ballistic missile last week.

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APD REVIEW | Avoid pitfalls of ‘China responsibility theory’

ByAPDWriterWangPengOnTuesday,ChineseForeignMinistryspokespersonGengShuangsaidataregularnewsbriefingthatthecruxoftheKoreannuclearissuerestsontheconflictsbetweent