ANKARA (AFP) - Israel faced a wave of global outrage over the storming of Gaza-bound aid ships Monday, as Turkey froze military ties, Muslim leaders demanded UN action and protests erupted in many countries.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he was "shocked" by the naval assault on a convoy carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists through international waters, while capitals summoned Israe [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said that a UN agency report showed "Iran's continued failure to comply with its international obligations and its sustained lack of cooperation" with the UN on its nuclear program.
National Security Council spokesman Michael Hammer reacted to portions of a restricted UN report which revealed on Monday that Iran had produced at least 5.7 kilos (12.5 po [...]
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan urged Iran Monday to halt its controversial uranium enrichment programme, hinting Tokyo might support additional international sanctions against the country, officials said.
The move came as Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada met his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki in Tokyo at Tehran's request after the United States presented a draft resolution to the UN S [...]
VIENNA (AFP) - Syria has told the UN atomic watchdog about past nuclear experiments, but is still refusing to cooperate over allegations that it was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korea's help, a new report revealed Monday.
In a restricted four-page report obtained by AFP, the International Atomic Energy Agency said that Syria "provided the Agency with information concerning [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Arab countries slammed Israel's deadly raid Monday against a Gaza-bound aid flotilla as a "crime" and "state terrorism" while they urged the United Nations to hold the Jewish state accountable.
"We condemn this crime, taken against a humanitarian mission and people. They were trying to help people. They were not on a military mission. Everyone should condemn this," Arab League [...]
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ANKARA (AFP) - Israel's regional allies froze military ties as angry protests erupted over the storming Monday of aid ships bound for Gaza, while Muslim leaders demanded swift UN action to punish the "criminal" assault.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was "shocked" by the navy assault on a convoy carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, lawmakers and journalists [...]
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VIENNA (AFP) - Iran had produced at least 5.7 kilogrammes (12.5 pounds) of highly-enriched uranium, which it says it is producing for a research reactor, as of early April, according to a restricted UN report seen by AFP on Monday.
"On April 7 2010, Iran withdrew 5.7 kilogrammes of UF6 (uranium hexafluoride) from the first cascade" at its pilot fuel enrichment plant in Natanz, the International [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship on Monday was an "inhuman" act that brought Tehran's archfoe "closer than ever to its end."
The Iranian foreign ministry called on Arab and Muslim nations to stand united in protesting against the raid.
"The inhuman action of the Zionist regime against the Palestinian people and preventing [...]
TOKYO (AFP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Monday he remained hopeful that a nuclear fuel swap deal with Brazil and Turkey would go ahead despite a frosty reaction from the United States.
"I don't expect that the deal will fail because of the US position," Mottaki said at a news conference in Tokyo ahead of a meeting with Japanese counterpart Katsuya Okada.
"I can't s [...]
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OTTAWA (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his "full backing" Monday to Israel's military forces after a raid on a flotilla carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, which left up to 19 people dead.
"The prime minister... reiterated his full backing for the IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) and inquired about the well being of the wounded," his office told AFP in Ottawa.
Netanyahu was meet [...]
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