International Atomic Energy Agency chief inspector Hermann Nackaerts pressed Tehran to allow access to people, documents, information and sites, before two days of preliminary talks with Iran's envoy, Ali Asghar Soltanieh in Vienna began on Monday.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called on northeast Asia's powers to cooperate more in the face of global economic headwinds, as China, Japan and South Korea agreed at a summit on Sunday to soon launch negotiations on a three-way free trade pact.
The missile features a range of 290 kilometers (180 miles), which would place western India within target.
The IAEA has posted no comment yet on the reported death.
Mitt Romney's former presidential rival Rick Santorum officially endorsed the likely Republican nominee late Monday night after weeks of dodging questions about his support.
In an unexpected development, Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday called off early general elections hours after announcing his decision to hold polls on Sept. 4, almost a year earlier than it was originally scheduled. Israeli President Shimon Peres' office has confirmed the cancellation of the elections.
The IAEA has already demanded access to Iran?s atomic sites as long ago as November when it released a report detailing its suspicions that the Iranians were planning to develop nuclear bombs.
A recent investigation concluded more than 1,500 boxes of top secret or confidential-level documents have been misplaced as of March 2011.
Data from consultants JBC Energy showed Iran's output fell by 150,000 barrels per day over a two-month period, hitting a 20-year-low of 3.2 million barrels in April.
Gemba also called on Israel and Palestinians to resume direct peace talks which have been on hold since September 2010
The potential third test could involve a device using highly-enriched uranium for the first time.
Electronic signals originating from North Korea have been allegedly intercepting scores of civilian aircrafts in and out of South Korea, after Pyongyang's recent threats of offensive action, including a sacred war, against the South.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be considering holding an early general election between the end of August to the beginning of November, to take advantage of his current popularity over the country's unprepared opposition.
An analysis of the latest satellite images of North Korea's nuclear test site appears to show that frantic activities involving a chain of mining carts are underway, amid rumors that the reclusive Asian nation may be planning to conduct a nuclear test, following its failed rocket launch April 13.
Iran and six other world powers, including the U.S., will resume nuclear negotiations in Baghdad, Iraq on May 23.
Gantz had earlier stated that he believed international sanctions will force Iran to give up its atomic ambitions.
The latest photos suggest that the magnitude of Pyongyang?s military build-up might have been grossly exaggerated.
Gantz?s moderate and cautious rhetoric is a far cry from the dramatic statements and belligerent stances of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Ehud Barak,
The missile?s impact point was somewhere in the Indian Ocean, according to the military unit.
Air travel between India and the Persian Gulf will likely have to be postponed or re-routed during that period.
Speaking at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, President Obama announced a new strategy against atrocities and genocide.
Iran said that the nuclear negotiations have proved that Western countries are unable to force Iran to surrender and give up its absolute and legitimate rights to use peaceful nuclear energy.
