(Update: The rebels found radioactive materials left over from Gaddafi's uranium enrichment program, according to later reports, which does not meet the technical standard of a "nuclear weapon." )
NEW YORK — Activists vowed on Monday to greet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with angry protests when he visits New York for this week's United Nations General Assembly.
Seeking to mend ties with the West, Libya's Muammar Gaddafiagreed in 2003 to abandon efforts to acquire nuclear, chemical and biological weapons -- a move that brought him in from the cold and helped end decades of Libyan isolation.
WASHINGTON — An overwhelming majority of the US Senate urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to impose "crippling sanctions" on Iran's financial system in a bid to hinder its suspect nuclear program.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran accused Washington of engaging in "psychological warfare" after the U.S. Treasury added an Iranian state bank to its list of blacklisted companies, semi-official news agency ISNA reported on Wednesday.
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is digging tunnels at a site where it has launched two nuclear tests, suggesting it is preparing a third, the South's Yonhap news agency said on Sunday, a development which would trigger concern across the region.
