The top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill has met with his North Korean counterpart in Singapore to end an impasse over talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program.

U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill says months of deadlock over dismantling North Korea's nuclear program must come to an end.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is praising President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his role in turning the country's nuclear program into what he calls a "great success."

A senior Russian diplomat says Iran's test launch of a rocket earlier this week has raised "suspicions" about the country's nuclear program.

France announced plans to sell nuclear reactors to Libya as well as 10 billion euros of trade deals, as President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for a five-day visit.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he would not rule out the possibility of military action against Iran. However, Brown today said he believes that sanctions can still persuade Iran to stop its sensitive nuclear work.

Iran wanted Arab leaders to support its nuclear program at the World Economic Forum meeting, calling the technology an asset to the Mideast region. But the response was cool and many of Arab allies of the U.S. were worried about the growing influence of Iran.

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator says his country and the European Union are moving closer to "a united view" on how to break the deadlock over Iran's nuclear program. Ali Larijani made the remark before a second day of talks Thursday with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Ankara, Turkey. The two agreed to meet again in two weeks.

Iranian and EU officials plan to hold fresh talks on Iran's nuclear program in two weeks. The announcement came in the wake of talks in Turkey on April 25 between EU foreign-policy chief Javier Solana and Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

Iran says it sees "no reason for negotiation" over its nuclear program if the European Union continues to insist that Tehran suspend its uranium-enrichment activities. Today's comment by government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham comes as Iran's top nuclear negotiator is scheduled to meet in Turkey with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he prefers diplomacy -- as opposed to a military operation -- in dealing with Iran's nuclear program. In an interview aired today, Olmert said international efforts to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions could be successful.

A spokeswoman for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran will have the capacity to build its own nuclear bomb in four to six years. Melissa Fleming told German Deutschlandfunk radio that this estimate still leaves time for diplomatic efforts to counter the potential threat.