North Korea has test fired two short-range missiles off its east coast, according to a media report. The latest test comes just a week after Pyongyang said it is ready to return to six-nation talks about its nuclear programme.
Delegations from Iran (photo) and six world powers, including the US, are meeting in Geneva Thursday for critical nuclear talks amid heightened tensions following Tehran’s revelation of a second uranium enrichment site last week.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he is prepared to buy the necessary enriched uranium from a third party for its Tehran reactor, ahead of talks in Geneva on Thursday with six major world powers.
The Iranian delegation at Thursday's meeting in Geneva with six world powers will not discuss its nuclear "right", the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Association Ali Akbar Salehi (pictured) said.
As Iran had been building a second nuclear facility, Israel called for crippling sanctions. Analysts in Israel think that option is back on the table when Iran tested a missile capable of hitting Israel. Would sanctions be imposed this time?
Russia has urged calm after Iran test-fired missiles capable of reaching Israel on Monday. "Now is not the time to succumb to emotions, it is necessary to calm down," a foreign ministry spokesman told the Interfax news agency.
Iranian authorities say the country's armed forces have test-fired medium- and short-range missiles over the weekend, as tensions mount between Tehran and Western powers over Iran's nuclear programme.
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have test-fired short-range missiles at the start of military exercises Sunday amid mounting nuclear tensions. State media said the controversial long-range Shahab 3 missiles would be tested Monday.
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has praised the Obama administration for ditching plans for missile defence bases in Europe, a strategy originally backed by former President George W. Bush.
