JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, June 21 — Iran and Israel exchanged fresh attacks early on Saturday, a day after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear programme while under threat and Europe tried to keep peace talks alive.

GENEVA, June 20 — European foreign ministers met their Iranian counterpart on Friday, hoping to test Tehran's readiness to negotiate a new nuclear deal despite there being scant prospect of Israel ceasing its attacks soon, diplomats said.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 20 — Iran has said that it would not discuss the future of its nuclear programme while under attack by Israel, as Europe tried to coax Tehran back into negotiations and the United States (US) considers whether to get involved in the conflict.

DUBAI/JERUSALEM, June 17 — United States (US) President Donald Trump said he wanted a "real end" to the nuclear dispute with Iran and indicated he may send senior American officials to meet with the Islamic Republic as the Israel-Iran air war raged for a fifth day.

VIENNA, June 12 — The United Nations nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations today for the first time in almost 20 years, raising the prospect of reporting it to the UN Security Council.

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD, June 12 — United States President Donald Trump yesterday said US personnel are being moved out of the Middle East because “it could be a dangerous place”, adding that the US would not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

WASHINGTON, May 1— United States (US) Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Iran on Wednesday that it will face consequences for supporting the Houthis, even as the US has relaunched talks with Iran over its nuclear programme.

DUBAI, April 18 — Iran told the United States (US) in talks last week it was ready to accept some limits on its uranium enrichment but needed watertight guarantees that President Donald Trump would not again ditch a nuclear pact, a senior Iranian official said on Friday.

DUBAI, April 11 — Iran has said it was giving high-level nuclear talks with the United States (US) on Saturday "a genuine chance", after President Donald Trump threatened bombing if discussions failed.

WASHINGTON, March 20 — The United States today issued new Iran-related sanctions, targeting one individual and several entities including a Chinese “teapot” oil refinery for purchasing and processing Iranian crude oil, the Treasury Department website showed.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 25 — Malaysia, as the current Asean chair, has reaffirmed its dedication to keeping Southeast Asia a nuclear-weapon-free zone in line with the Asean Charter and the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ).

OSLO, Dec 10 — Russian President Vladimir Putin does not truly understand the destructive power of nuclear weapons, a 92-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki said yesterday, on the eve of his Japanese survivors’ group receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

MOSCOW, Nov 19 — Russia has begun serial production of mobile bomb shelters that can protect against a variety of threats including shockwaves and radiation from a nuclear blast.

SEOUL, Nov 5 — North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said military drills by the United States, Japan and South Korea justify North Korea’s nuclear reinforcement, state media KCNA said today.

TOKYO, Sept 27 — Shigeru Ishiba, tapped to be Japan's next prime minister, may cause diplomatic headaches for the United States (US), with proposals to revamp Tokyo's closest alliance by locking Washington into an "Asian North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)" and stationing Japanese troops on US soil.

SEOUL, May 27 — Leaders of South Korea, Japan and China reaffirmed their commitment to pursuing denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula during their summit in Seoul today, hours after the North announced a satellite launch plan, reported Yonhap News Agency.

SEOUL, Jan 25 — North Korea said it has tested its new strategic cruise missile yesterday, state media KCNA reported today, confirming what the South Korean military said the day before.

TOKYO, Dec 17 — Asean and Japan can collectively play a significant role within the global community towards achieving a peaceful and durable solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — The recent six-day visit of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Russia, which raised global concerns about potential arms deals between the two nations, occurred when both countries grappled with increasing international isolation.

JAKARTA, July 15 — Malaysia wants major powers to work together to ensure the region remains peaceful and free from the threat of nuclear weapons via the Asean platform.