Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna was unthinkable without a cup of steaming brew served by the bow-tied little man with the perpetual dancing (...)
VIENNA (AP) — The U.S. and its Western allies bluntly accused Iran on Friday of deceiving the world on nuclear arms, as the U.N. atomic agency passed a new resolution criticizing Tehran's nuclear defiance.
Iran shot back that the West's (...)
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear atomic energy agency said Tuesday for the first time that Iran is suspected of conducting secret experiments whose sole purpose is the development of nuclear arms.
The report is the strongest sign yet that Iran (...)
VIENNA: A new Iranian offer to meet with the world powers is unusually short on preconditions and suggests Tehran may even be ready to touch on some nuclear issues that were previously taboo, according to the copy of a confidential letter from a (...)
PETRONELL-CARNUNTUM, Austria — They lived in cells barely big enough to turn around in and usually fought until they died. This was the lot of those at a sensational scientific discovery unveiled Monday: The well-preserved ruins of a gladiator (...)
VIENNA — Syria has reneged on a promise to quickly cooperate with a U.N. probe of its nuclear activities, saying it won't be able to provide more information to challenge an assessment that it tried to build a plutonium-producing reactor until (...)
VIENNA (AP) — Iran's president wants to shed the nation's secrecy and forge ahead openly with developing nuclear weapons but is opposed by the clerical leadership, which is worried about international reaction to such a move, says an intelligence (...)
VIENNA (AP) ? Iran's oil minister has acknowledged strains within OPEC after its last meeting exposed deep rifts between his country and rival Saudi Arabia, but said the organization can solve them internally.
Monday's comments by Mohammad (...)
VIENNA (AP) — OPEC's stunning admission of major dissent within its ranks has left it reeling and its status as the world's oil power-broker tarnished, perhaps beyond repair. But is a weakened cartel good or bad for consumers?
The major question (...)
VIENNA (AP) — OPEC says it has decided to maintain output levels, with the option of meeting within the next three months for a possible production hike.
The decision is unexpected and reflects unusual tensions in an organization that usually (...)
TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Germany are limiting or phasing out reliance on nuclear power after the Fukushima accident — moves that could raise petroleum prices — but most of the rest of the world is undaunted in its pursuit of nuclear (...)
VIENNA: The International Atomic Energy Agency is setting the stage for potential U.N. Security Council action against Syria as the organization prepares a report assessing that a Syrian target bombed by Israeli warplanes was likely a secretly built (...)
Joan Sutherland's radiant soprano stretched effortlessly over more than three octaves, with a purity of tone that made her one of the most celebrated opera singers of all time.
Acclaimed "La Stupenda," — "the Stupendous One" — during a career (...)
VIENNA: As Iran and world powers prepare for new nuclear talks, letters by Tehran's envoys to top international officials and shared with The Associated Press suggest major progress is unlikely, with Tehran combative and unlikely to offer any (...)
A tug-of-war in the United States over who owns a huge art trove seized by Hungary's Nazi henchmen is the most prominent example of disputed restitution policies in formerly communist eastern Europe — but by no means the only one.
Heirs of Jewish (...)
VIENNA: UN nuclear inspectors have found traces of weapons-grade uranium in Egypt, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.
Dated May 5, the restricted report said IAEA inspectors (...)
VIENNA, Austria: Oil prices crept higher Thursday, but aftershocks from an unexpectedly high increase in US inventories kept the market subdued after a 12 percent plunge overnight.
More dismal economic and corporate news from the US also (...)
VIENNA, Austria: Resurfacing concerns over the world economy sent crude prices lower Tuesday, eclipsing fears that the Israeli attack on Gaza could inflame tensions in the oil-rich Middle East.
Prices have blipped upward over the past few days (...)
VIENNA: Oil prices looked for direction Thursday as traders weighed fears that a looming world recession will crimp demand against speculation that OPEC may cut output to keep prices from falling too far.
Oil fell towards $86 on Thursday, (...)
VIENNA, Austria: The chief UN atomic inspector suggested Tuesday that nuclear weapons states bore some blame for other countries seeking such arms, because they are modernizing arsenals rather than scrapping them.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of (...)
VIENNA, Austria: North Korea plans to reactivate the nuclear plant that provided the plutonium for its atomic test explosion within a week, the chief UN nuclear inspector said Wednesday.
The move is a further sign that the country is making good (...)
VIENNA, Austria: The just-ended OPEC meeting was about more than what a barrel of oil can fetch on the open market as the global economic picture grows dim.
OPEC heavyweight Saudi Arabia gave a nod, at least symbolically, to fellow member states (...)
VIENNA: The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), whose handling of Iran's nuclear program has provoked occasional US displeasure, plans to step down later this year, according to a confidential document obtained Wednesday by The (...)
VIENNA: Egypt has sent a high-level protest to dozens of European nations expressing astonishment and regret at their refusal to endorse Cairo s call for a Middle East nuclear free zone at a conference last month.
The letter, which was made (...)
VIENNA: A 144-nation atomic energy conference criticized Israel Thursday for refusing to put its nuclear program under international purview, with the United States alone in supporting the Jewish state.
Besides Washington, only Israel voted (...)