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Geneva: Four Central Asian nations agreed on Monday to secure some 800 million tonnes of radioactive and toxic uranium waste...

TEHRAN: Iran has arrested eight local British embassy staff, triggering London's fury and further exacerbating tensions with the West over...

TEGUCIGALPA: The newly appointed leader of Honduras Roberto Micheletti ordered a 48-hour curfew after denying there had been a coup...

Seoul: North Korea threatened Sunday to bolster its nuclear deterrence against the United States, as the leaders of key US...

WASHINGTON: Less than two weeks before President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow, the United States and Russia cannot agree how...

WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to triple civilian US aid to Pakistan, a bid to cement...

Miami: Iran's growing influence in Latin America is a "potential risk" to the region, the newly-appointed head of the US...

SEOUL: North Korea will likely fire short-range missiles in an area off its east coast from which it has banned...

BEIJING: US defence officials were set for talks in China on Tuesday in which they will seek Beijing's support for...

WASHINGTON: A North Korean ship being tracked by a US Navy destroyer under new UN sanctions could be headed to...