Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress pushed for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would likely set back warming US ties with China.

Taiwan's Premier Wu Den-yih has urged China to remove missiles targeting the island to pave the way for peace talks between the formal arch-rivals, according to a report.

Nicaraguan police have seized a large cache of weapons and explosives from suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel after a police car chase outside Managua, a spokeswoman said.

US hopes for significant Czech Republic's role in reworked missile defense plan. The Obama administration hopes the Czech Republic will play an important role in a reworked U.S. missile defense plan, a top American official said Monday.

Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric accuses Iran of ties with Shiite rebels in Yemen. Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric accused Iran on Monday of supporting Shiite rebels whose war with the government of neighboring Yemen has spilled across the border and drawn in Saudi firepower.

North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future despite the upcoming talks with Washington, a former senior US diplomat who recently visited Pyongyang said Monday.

Lockheed Martin realigns Electronic Systems unit; Hewson named executive VP to replace Kubasik. Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Monday a reorganization of its Electronic Systems business, including appointing a new head of the division, which makes the Aegis ballistic missile and the Pac-3 surface-to-air guided missile.

A key ally of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai pleaded not guilty Monday to terrorism charges of trying to topple veteran President Robert Mugabe.

Reports: Startup of Iran's Russian-built nuclear reactor delayed until next year. Moscow on Monday dashed Iranian hopes that a Russian-built nuclear reactor will be switched on this year, a blow to Tehran amid persistent tension over its nuclear program.

Ordered to curb Afghan deaths, troops get updated training on calling in artillery, airstrikes. Deep in the woods on the Kentucky-Tennessee line, soldiers who call in powerful weapons like mortars are learning how to get close enough beforehand to better identify targets, a key element of the military's new mandate to reduce Afghan civilian deaths.

Iranian construction of a previously secret uranium enrichment site is at an advanced stage, with high-tech equipment already in place at the fortified facility ahead of its 2011 startup, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report Monday.

Obama: Iran, North Korea have choices to make on nuclear program, warns Tehran of consequences. President Barack Obama says there will be consequences if Tehran does not demonstrate Iran's nuclear program is "peaceful and transparent."

Residents of Lahore like to think their metropolis is a cut above the rest of Pakistan -- a hallowed centre of education, intellectual thought and a cultural bell-wether.

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he told his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao that he backs an early resumption of talks between Beijing and representatives of the Dalai Lama.

Israeli prime minister warns about Iran on tour of Israeli submarine, missile ship. Underscoring Israel's military might, Israel's prime minister warned about the dangers of a nuclear Iran Tuesday after visiting a submarine believed capable of carrying nuclear-tipped missiles and a ship used to seize weapons Israel says were being sent to Lebanese foes by Iran.

China and the United States want talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme to resume "as soon as possible", US President Barack Obama said Tuesday after talks with his host Hu Jintao.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured a naval vessel on Tuesday, using the backdrop of his country's military power to warn of the threat posed by the nuclear ambitions of arch-foe Iran.

Militants flee bases in face of resolute Pakistan army, but is it a strategic withdrawal?. A school the army says churned out suicide bombers now lies in ruins. Soldiers patrol towns once ruled by militants who gave refuge to al-Qaida. Left behind are bundles of terror manuals, extremist propaganda and boxes of ammunition and explosives.

The website of China's defence ministry has been hacked more than two million times since it was launched three months ago, state media said on Wednesday.

Iran's foreign minister ruled out on Wednesday sending enriched uranium out of the country for further processing, effectively rejecting the latest U.N. plan aimed at preventing Tehran from building nuclear weapons.