Germany's foreign minister urged Iran to stop playing for time and deliver a "clear answer" to initiatives offered by six world powers in the standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions in an interview released Saturday. ...more

August 3, 2008

President Bush on Wednesday raised the possibility of a military strike to thwart Tehran's presumed nuclear weapons ambitions, speaking aggressively even as he admitted having been unwise to have done so previously about Iraq. ...more

June 12, 2008

President Bush and European Union leaders threatened Iran on Tuesday with new financial sanctions unless the country curbs its nuclear ambitions and opens facilities to international inspection. ...more

June 11, 2008

Pakistan's nuclear weapons are safe from Taliban and al-Qaida militants because of the military's stringent security system and a political climate that precludes a takeover by religious extremists, a top official said Saturday. ...more

January 27, 2008

North Korea is providing evidence to the United States aimed at proving it never intended to produce highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons, undermining a key U.S. intelligence finding, South Korean and U.S. officials said this week. ...more

November 10, 2007

The head of Iran's law enforcement agency warned Friday of a renewed crackdown on Iranians who adhere to Western cultural ways. ...more

October 20, 2007

North Korea has agreed to disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of the year, a move that the Bush administration hailed as a diplomatic victory that could serve as a model for how to deal with Iran, which has defied U.S. efforts to rein in its nuclear ambitions. ...more

October 4, 2007