South Koreans and Japanese envoys to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program have met in Tokyo. The negotiations remain deadlocked and North Korea is expected to test-fire a long-range missile in the coming weeks. Stephen Bosworth, left...
The United States will send two senior officials to Syria within the next few days, possibly signaling a new direction in Middle East diplomacy by the Obama administration. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a statement in Jerusal...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 27 June 2007 European Union officials have emerged from a diplomatic visit to North Korea with an upbeat assessment of Pyongyang's commitment to start dismantling its nuclear weapons. United Nations nuclear inspectors arrived in t...
By Noel King Khartoum 15 February 2007 Amid growing concern over continued violence in Sudan's Darfur region, top United Nations and African Union envoys to the region said Thursday they remain optimistic that a political solution to the crisis can b...
By Kurt Achin Beijing 14 February 2007 Explaining the painstakingly slow progress at the North Korean nuclear talks can be a complicated business. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Beijing that this week envoys found it useful to look for inspiration to...
By Kurt Achin Beijing 09 February 2007 Senior U.S. and North Korean negotiators have focused on a draft proposal of concrete steps toward ending North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Beijing, where a second day of...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 25 September 2006 Vatican Swiss guards salute a car with an Albanian flag at Pope Benedict XVI's summer residence, September 25, 2006 Pope Benedict has met with diplomats from predominantly Muslim countries and said both...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 02 May 2006 Senior officials from six countries held talks in Paris Tuesday to find common ground on how to deal with the Iran nuclear standoff. The discussions come ahead of a cr...