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Obama warns North Korea on proliferation

President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States would take firm action to prevent North Korea proliferating ...

US soldier killed in central Iraq: military

A member of the US military has been killed in an attack in Iraq, the second to be killed since Washington announced ...

Israel to invite bids for 800 e. Jerusalem homes: ministry

Israel is to invite tenders for the construction of more than 800 new homes in two settlement neighbourhoods of ...

US attitude toward Iran is not constructive

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Washington does not have a constructive attitude toward Iran. ...

Obama Middle East envoy Ross to step down-White House

Dennis Ross, a senior aide to President Barack Obama on the Middle East, has decided to step down from his post, the ...

White House says IAEA report on Iran "very alarming"

The White House said on Thursday that this week`s International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran`s nuclear program ...

Iran vows to respond with `fists of iron` to US, Israel attack

Iran`s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday any military action against the Islamic Republic would ...

S. Korea, US envoys to meet on N. Korea in Vienna

South Korea`s nuclear envoy Lim Sung-Nam will meet a top US official in Vienna next week for talks on ways to revive ...

Clinton to visit Thailand, Philippines next week

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who leaves Wednesday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, will also ...

If asked, NATO could provide training for Libya: US

NATO could provide security advice and military training for Libya if the country`s new leaders ask for it, the US ...

Obama meets NATO chief. aides laud Libya role

President Barack Obama on Monday met NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, as top officials again defended the US role in ...

NATO chief to meet Obama in Washington

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will hold talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington on Monday, ...

Yudhoyono asked G20 not to forget initial goal

At the recent G20 summit in France, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had told world leaders not forget the initial ...

Legislator deplores US stance on palestine`s UNESCO membership

Tantowi Yahya, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR)`s Commission I, has deplored the US stance on ...

In developing world, poor still means thin

"First world" health problems such as obesity and heart disease may be gaining ground in developing nations, but they ...