US offers to send envoy to North Korea to free jailed missionary

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 09:51

The United States has offered to send a special envoy to North Korea to win the release of a jailed missionary, but signalled that any meaningful resumption of denuclearization talks required Pyongyang to give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Iran starts implementing nuclear deal: IAEA

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 09:36

Iran has halted its most sensitive nuclear activity under a ground-breaking deal with world powers, a confidential U.N. atomic agency report obtained by Reuters showed, paving the way for the easing of some Western sanctions.

Turkey searches trucks for weapons near Syria border

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 00:33

Turkish security forces today searched seven trucks near the Syrian border suspected to be loaded with weapons and briefly detained three drivers, local media reported.

Final destruction of worst Syrian chemicals slides to end June

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 23:15

The removal and destruction of the most dangerous agents in Syria`s chemical arsenal will likely be delayed until the end of June because of logistical and security problems, the head of the world`s chemical weapons watchdog said.

No secret agreement with Iran: White House

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 07:20

White House refuted reports of a "secret agreement" with Iran on its nuclear weapons programme and said it would soon make public the agreement that was reached by Iran with the P5+1 countries.

Chemical watchdog to name Syria arms port on Thursday

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 22:43

The head of the world`s chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday will announce to Italy`s parliament the port through which a shipment of arms from Syria slated for destruction will transit, the foreign ministry said.

US biological weapons tested in Okinawa in 60s: Report

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 12:23

The US army conducted field experiments of biological weapons, which could harm rice cropping, in the Japanese island of Okinawa in the early 1960s, a media report said today.

Germany joins efforts to destroy Syria`s chemical arsenal

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 17:34

Germany has agreed to join global efforts to destroy Syria`s chemical weapons stockpiles by disposing residues of the most toxic materials.

OPCW urges Syria to speed up chemical weapons handover for timely destruction

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 11:00

The international chemical watchdog has called for Syria to speed up operations to hand over its deadly arsenal for destruction, after missing the key deadline of 31 December 2013.

Watchdog body urges Syria to speed up chemical handover

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 18:25

Syria missed a deadline to transport the most toxic substances out of the country by December 31, loading a first batch of chemicals onto a Danish cargo vessel on Tuesday, a week late.