Iran's Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani warned on Sunday that if the West fails to build confidence pertaining to Iran's nuclear issue, his country will further diversify its nuclear activities.
The White House said Wednesday that the Iranian proposal offered during the nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland, this week showed "a level of seriousness and substance" that the United States has not seen before.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will hold a second round of talks with the Green Party, a day after their meeting with the main opposition Social Democrats (SPD) failed to produce a potential coalition partner.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will hold another round of coalition talks with the Green Party following their exploratory talks on Thursday evening, as Merkel's party is looking for a partner to rule the Europe's largest economy for the next four years.
Iran will not accept any pre- condition for attending peace talks on Syria, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Tuesday.
Iran is determined to resolve the nuclear dispute in a "short period of time," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday.
Pakistan's top security adviser Thursday defended the government's policy to initiate dialogue with the Taliban for peace.
Japan and the United States on Monday kicked off their second round of bilateral trade talks on auto and trade barriers in parallel with the U.S.-led Trans- Pacific Partnership free trade talks, reported local media.
India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for being in a hurry to start talks with Pakistan, hours after twin militant attacks in Indian-controlled Kashmir claimed the lives of at least nine people.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday called for "reasonable threshold" to be set for the early resumption of the six-party talks over Korean denuclearization.
Iran will not shut down its underground bunker of Fordow uranium enrichment facilities, Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali-Akbar Salehi said Wednesday.
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi met with Kim Kye Gwan, First Vice Foreign Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Beijing on Tuesday.
It serves the interests of both China and the United States to push for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and preserve its peace and stability, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Monday.
Cambodia's long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen and long-time opposition leader Sam Rainsy began talks Monday in a last-ditch effort to break through political impasse.
Pakistani Taliban Sunday called for the release of their prisoners and withdrawal of army from the tribal regions, which the group says could be major confidence building measures for the possible peace talks.
South Korea and China had completed first-stage negotiations on the bilateral free trade agreement ( FTA), setting foundations for more in-depth talks over mutual opening and liberalization, South Korea's trade ministry said Friday. "Both sides wrapped up the first-phase negotiations for the Sino-Korea FTA by agreeing on the modality (or basic guidelines)," Woo Tae-hee, South Korea's assistant trade minister and a chief negotiator for the FTA with China, told a press briefing.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has tasked the Foreign Ministry with conducting the upcoming nuclear talks with the world powers, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Thursday.
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