WEB: TYPE: OCN )) Delegations from Iran and world powers are in Turkey ahead of the first talks on Iran’s controversial nuclear program in over a year. Iran and representatives of the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia were holding preliminary meetings on Friday, ahead of direct talks set to begin Saturday in […]
Iran, World Powers Launch Nuclear Talks
Posted April 13th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
WEB: TYPE: OCN )) Delegations from Iran and world powers are in Turkey ahead of the first talks on Iran’s controversial nuclear program in over a year. Iran and members of the group known as the P5 + 1 are holding preliminary meetings on Friday, ahead of direct talks which are set to begin Saturday […]
Regional Forces Stand By as North Korean Launch Window Opens
Posted April 11th, 2012 at 10:40 pm (UTC-5)
Military forces in South Korea and Japan are standing by Thursday on the first day of a five-day window for a North Korean rocket launch that Pyongyang says will carry a weather satellite into space. No notice had been given to a group of international journalists gathered in Pyongyang several hours after the opening of […]
North Korea Announces Fueling of Rocket for Space Launch
Posted April 11th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
North Korean officials say they have begun injecting fuel into a rocket for an imminent space launch, raising the stakes in an escalating standoff with its regional neighbors and the United States. Paek Chang Ho, chief of North Korea’s launch command center, announced the action Wednesday to a visiting group of international reporters, saying fuel […]
North Korea Announces Fueling of Rocket for Space Launch
Posted April 11th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
North Korean officials say they have begun injecting fuel into a rocket for an imminent space launch, raising the stakes in an escalating standoff with its regional neighbors and the United States. Paek Chang Ho, chief of North Korea’s launch command center, announced the action Wednesday to a visiting group of international reporters, saying fuel […]
Iran Says It Has New Initiatives for Nuclear Talks
Posted April 11th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
Iran says it will present new initiatives at upcoming nuclear talks with world powers in Turkey, but warned that efforts by Western nations to exert pressure on Tehran would “backfire.” Iranian state media say chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili announced the initiatives on Wednesday but did not specify his proposals. Jalili also said efforts to […]
Pyongyang Announces Fueling of Rocket for Space Shot
Posted April 11th, 2012 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
North Korean officials said Wednesday they have begun injecting fuel into a rocket for an imminent space launch, raising the stakes in an escalating standoff with its regional neighbors and the United States. Paek Chang Ho, chief of North Korea’s launch command center, announced the action to a visiting group of international reporters, saying fuel […]
Pyongyang Announces Fueling of Rocket for Space Shot
Posted April 11th, 2012 at 1:40 am (UTC-5)
North Korean officials said Wednesday they have begun injecting fuel into a rocket for an imminent space launch, raising the stakes in an escalating standoff with its regional neighbors and the United States. Paek Chang Ho, chief of North Korea’s launch command center, announced the action to a visiting group of international reporters, saying fuel […]
Clinton Questions Whether North Korea Wants Better Ties
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 10:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says North Korea’s plans to launch a missile raises questions about its desires to improve ties with its neighbors and the United States. Clinton said in a speech Tuesday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland that just weeks ago, the North agreed to a moratorium on missile […]
Clinton Calls on North Korea to Live Up to Its Commitments
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 5:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on North Korea to live up to its nuclear commitments and give up on its plan to launch a missile. Clinton met with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba Tuesday in Washington. She said the talks focused on the rocket launch which Pyongyang said could take place as […]
