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The Israeli minister responsible for monitoring Iran's nuclear program says stiff Western pressure can deter the Islamic Republic from pursuing atomic weapons.Yuval Steinitz says if the Iranians are presented with a real choice between the well-being of their economy and the continued enrichment of uranium, they may abandon their nuclear ambitions.Steinitz's comments Monday came a day before world powers were to renew talks with Iran aimed at ending a decade of deadlock. Steinitz offered a rare window of optimism from Israel, which considers a nuclear-armed Iran to be an existential threat. It has repeatedly threatened a military strike to stop Iran's progress.Steinitz told reporters that Iran needs an agreement to save its faltering economy, and talks in Geneva offered perhaps the last opportunity for a diplomatic solution....
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the European Union's foreign policy chief held talks Sunday in London on Iran, Syria, Egypt, the Mideast peace process and oth...
Leading U.S. senators say Iran must end all uranium enrichment, potentially putting them at odds with the Obama administration ahead of new nuclear talks.In a letter...
Eric Shawn interviews Minister Naftali Bennett
The destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile is well underway, and the agency overseeing it — the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons — has...
Iran has more enriched uranium than it needs and plans to use that as a bargaining chip at nuclear talks in Geneva next week, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani...
President Obama directs Secretary of State John Kerry to have new round of talks with Iran over its nuclear program , but can country's new president be trusted?
Israel and the U.S. are on the same page regarding the need to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, an official said Saturday night after President Barack Ob...
Phone conversation thaws decades of chilly relations, but what does a 'comprehensive solution' on Iran's nuclear program mean?
Israel issues warning to the world
On the heels of criticism over his handling of the stand-off with Syria, President Obama is facing pressure from Congress to stand his ground with Iran -- in the run...
Tuesday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the final scheduled speaker at the week-long opening of the UN General Assembly. With the presidents and prim...
Mixed reaction from Iranians on historic call between Obama, Rowhani
Don't expect a breakthrough — but the chances for progress have seldom been better. This is the message coming from Iran and six world powers ahead of renewed talks ...
Ambassador John Bolton 'very worried' about outcome
KT McFarland weighs in
Iran is promising a new proposal to break the deadlock over its nuclear program when it resumes talks Tuesday with the U.S. and five major world powers — the first s...
South Korea is urging the international community to make a united effort against North Korea's nuclear program, as it has against the use of chemical weapons in Syr...
In an apparent message to Iran, the Israeli military says it has carried a "special long-range flight exercise" and posted rare footage of the drill online.The milit...
President Obama announced Tuesday that he's directed Secretary of State John Kerry to pursue a new round of talks with Iran over its nuclear program, amid warnings f...