The U.N. nuclear agency urged Iran on Thursday to join a 72-nation atomic safety convention, as the earthquake-prone Middle East country prepares to bring its first nuclear power station into service.

• June 2, 2011

A day after Germany announced it will phase out all its 17 nuclear plants by 2022, German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday agreed to help India in areas related to nuclear safety and pledged support for the development of renewable energy.

• May 31, 2011

He said he was quite happy with the discussion of the issue at the G-8 Deauville summit and recalled the proposal he made in April. “I have once again spelled out our proposals concerning an improvement of the rapid notification system, higher responsibility of countries operating nuclear power plants and more serious requirements to countries considering the atomic energy prospect,” he said.

• May 28, 2011

Georgia's ambassador to the EU has said the European Commission made misleading statements about street clashes in Tbilisi that left almost 40 people in hospital and two dead.

• May 27, 2011

Mike Weightman, Britain's Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations and the head of a delegation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks to journalists after meeting with Japan's Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto at the foreign ministry in Tokyo May 25, 2011. A delegation from the IAEA arrived in Japan Tuesday to begin investigations at the troubled Fukushima nuclear complex through June 2, and present their findings at a meeting of ministers from IAEA member states on June 20

• May 26, 2011

The European Union (EU) on Wednesday agreed details of criteria for conducting "stress tests" on the bloc's 143 nuclear power plants from the beginning of June.

• May 25, 2011

Morocco’s stable security image shattered in April
Morocco witnessed a severe blow to its external image as one of the more stable and least dangerous North African Maghreb countries at the end of last month, when an apparent suicide bombing in the city of Marrakesh led to the deaths of 17 persons, including a number of foreign nationals. The fatal blast, which took place in a café in Marrakesh’s iconic Djemaa el-Fna square (a Unesco World Heritage site popular with European tourists) on April 28, was the first major, apparent act of terrorism in the country since the 2003 bombings in Casablanca which killed up to 45 people. READ MORE

• May 16, 2011

On Wednesday, within discussions on main aspects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union at the plenary meeting of the European Parliament, a Swedish MP, Anna Ibrisagic in her speech noted the worsening of situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.

• May 14, 2011