Rival political parties in South Korea failed to pass a bill on nuclear security, adopted in the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in 2012, just a week ahead of the third NSS in the Netherlands.
Iran does not expect a comprehensive accord with the world powers in the upcoming nuclear talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Sunday.
Japan's nuclear regulator said Thursday it will prioritize restarting two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai plant pending a final round of checks to ensure they meet new safety standards.
Japan on Tuesday marked the third anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that pummeled the eastern sea board and left more than 18,000 people dead or missing.
There is "no guarantee" that Iran and the world powers will succeed in reaching a final agreement in their nuclear talks, the European Union foreign policy chief said Sunday during her landmark visit to Tehran.
British Ministry of Defense (MoD) has decided to refuel the nuclear reactor in one of the country's four ballistic missile submarines at a cost of about 120 million pounds (200 million U.S. dollars), British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said Thursday.
Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said here Wednesday that his country will not give up its peaceful nuclear rights.
The chairman of Iran's Assembly of Experts urged the country's nuclear negotiators on Tuesday to protect what he called the "nuclear rights of Iranians" in ongoing talks with major world powers.
EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Thursday the timetable for the next round of Iranian nuclear talks.
The United States will remain " very mindful" of concerns of the Gulf states as it seeks to strike a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran, a senior American diplomat said Wednesday.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday that he is not optimistic about Iran's nuclear negotiations with the world powers, state-run Press TV reported.
Russia's deputy foreign minister on Tuesday dismissed the expansion of U.S. sanctions against Iran as "illegitimate."
A senior official of the U.S. Defense Department told Congress on Tuesday that the United States will not allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon, and that if Iran decided to use nuclear talks as a cover for developing one, Washington would be able to detect it.
Iran is ready for serious talks with world powers to reach a comprehensive agreement over its nuclear program, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said here on Monday.
Facilities for new nuclear submarines in Russia's Pacific coast will be completed by the end of 2014, the Defense Ministry said Monday.
Iran has successfully test-fired two missile, one of them a surface-to-surface long-range ballistic missile, official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Former Japanese Health Minister Yoichi Masuzoe won the Tokyo gubernatorial election on Sunday to be next governor, local media reported.
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