World powers, Iran ‘far apart’ in nuclear stalemate
Iran and world powers have failed to break the deadlock in the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear drive, with the EU’s top diplomat and chief negotiator saying the positions were still “far apart”.
Iran and world powers have failed to break the deadlock in the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear drive, with the EU’s top diplomat and chief negotiator saying the positions were still “far apart”.
Iran and world powers Saturday meet for a second and final day of a new round of talks aimed at breaking a decade-old deadlock over the Islamic state’s disputed nuclear programme, with time slowly running out on a solution.
North Korea must stop stoking tensions and instead re-engage with the international community, the European Union (EU) said Thursday after Pyongyang warned it is ready to launch a nuclear attack on the United States.
The European Union imposed trade and economic sanctions on North Korea while condemning “in the strongest terms” the nation’s latest nuclear test.
Iran is engaged in a “smart economic war” with Western powers whose sanctions against its nuclear programme are hurting some Iranians, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday.
Jihadists have seized a strategic army base in northern Syria, a watchdog said, as the European Union piled more pressure on President Bashar al-Assad by recognizing the opposition coalition as “legitimate representatives” of the people.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has ended his European isolation, for the time being at least, after Germany and other nations backed his call for cuts to the troubled EU budget.
A demining project that will bring experts to clear unexploded bombs in Mindanao may allow more than 100,000 residents living in Southern Philippines’ conflict-affected areas to effectively cultivate their lands.
Macedonia welcomed on Monday a proposal by its neighbor Greece aimed at reviving talks on a 21-year row over Macedonia’s name that has blocked its integration into the European Union and NATO.
The European Union (EU) won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to promote peace and democracy in Europe despite being in the midst of its biggest crisis since the bloc was created in the 1950s.
The European Union and United States are set to toughen nuclear sanctions aiming to punish Iran while seeking to hold back Israel from a military strike, top officials said as the showdown enters a critical phase.
Norway’s government says it will create a carbon-emissions program to compensate domestic manufacturers, in the hope of dissuading them from moving their industries to countries with less stringent climate regulations.
The EU is preparing to freeze the assets of at least 26 Syrians close to President Bashar al-Assad and readying plans to board vessels and planes suspected of sending arms to his regime, diplomats said Thursday.
