By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 29 May 2007 The United States' top nuclear negotiator urged North Korea to quickly honor its February commitment to shut down its nuclear reactor. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more. Christopher Hill speaks...
By Sonja Pace London 24 May 2007 The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog group, the IAEA, says Iran is probably three to eight years away from being able to produce a nuclear bomb and urges negotiations to keep that from happening. But, in Washington,...
By Sonja Pace Civaux, France 16 May 2007 Rising oil prices, the volatility of supplies, and need for alternative energy sources that will not add to climate change and global warming - these are issues increasingly in the public limelight, hotly deb...
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 14 March 2007 The chief United Nations weapons inspector, Mohamed ElBaradei, says North Korean officials have told him they are committed to getting rid of their nuclear weapons programs. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Beiji...
By Peter Heinlein New York 23 December 2006 The UN Security Council unanimously votes to approve a resolution imposing sanctions against Iran The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on Iran for its suspect nuclear program. The vote came near...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 23 December 2006 Despite a push for a diplomatic breakthrough at the end of 2006, the effort to keep North Korea out of the nuclear weapons club not only did not succeed - it lost ground. In October, the North defied internationa...
By Kurt Achin Beijing 22 December 2006 Beijing talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities have wrapped up with no tangible progress, but are expected to resume next year. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Beijing, the United Sta...
By David Gollust State Department 22 December 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday rejected linkage between talks on North Korea's nuclear program and U.S. penalties on Pyongyang for illicit financial activity. North Korean efforts...
By Gary Thomas Washington 18 December 2006 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and President of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Reza Aghazadeh, left, visit Natanz uranium enrichment facilities, 15 Feb 2006 While much of the world's atte...
By Roger Wilkison Beijing 18 December 2006 North Korea says it will not abandon nuclear weapons until all sanctions US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, right, and US Ambassador to China Clark Randt at the opening of six-party talks on...