Russia's industrial safety regulator said Friday it would establish this year a system for exchanging information with the UN nuclear watchdog to ensure radiation safety.

Two UN nuclear watchdog monitors will arrive in the Iranian capital on Thursday morning to inspect the country's nuclear facilities, Iran's FARS news agency said Wednesday.

The UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said today it plans to send a team of inspectors to Iran's disputed Arak heavy-water nuclear reactor. The visit is expected to take place next week.

Iran will resume talks on its controversial nuclear program with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the Austrian capital Vienna Tuesday, an Iranian envoy to the IAEA said.

Experts from the UN nuclear watchdog will install monitoring equipment at five North Korean nuclear facilities in the next few weeks as part of an international effort to fold Pyongyang's nuclear program, a Russian diplomat said.

Iran says it hopes to settle all its differences with the UN's atomic watchdog over the country's nuclear program within the next two months. But even as Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said today that Tehran hopes to resolve outstanding questions, he stressed that Iran's nuclear activities, including uranium enrichment, will continue.

The UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), says Iran has lifted its ban on visits to a nuclear facility by UN experts. The IAEA said Iran would now allow its inspectors to visit the Arak reactor this month.

The head of the United Nations nuclear agency says the shutdown of North Korea's main reactor, which will be monitored by inspectors traveling to the country Saturday, should go "smoothly." As Joseph Popiolkowski reports from Hong Kong, the declaration comes as China announces a new round of talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs will begin next week.

The head of the United Nations nuclear agency says the shutdown of North Korea's main reactor, which will be monitored by inspectors traveling to the country Saturday, should go "smoothly." As Joseph Popiolkowski reports from Hong Kong, the declaration comes as China announces a new round of talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs will begin next week.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has slowed the expansion of its nuclear enrichment capabilities.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved sending a special mission to monitor the shutdown of North Korea's main nuclear facility.

South Korea will send the first shipment of fuel oil to North Korea July 12, a Unification Ministry spokesman said Friday. It said the shipment would be 6,200 tons.