US holds rare Burma talks
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A senior US official meets Burmese ministers to press for the release of democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Possible US help for DR Congo's army will be discussed when the two countries leaders meet in Washington.
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US officials held a conference call yesterday to discuss ways to aid the south Asian countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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WASHINGTON  - The United States warned it might boycott ASEAN meetings when Myanmar takes over the chairmanship of the Southeast Asian grouping in 2006, unless the military-ruled state improves its human rights record.
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The United States have gone into another round of direct talks with North Korea despite reporting no progress in the campaign to convince Pyongyang to give up its nuclear arms.
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President Bush is to announce a wave of restrictions on Burma's ruling military junta, the White House says.
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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European and Asian leaders opened summit talks in Hanoi yesterday to rekindle inter-regional ties despite divisions over how to persuade Myanmar&#39;s military dictatorship to relax its grip on power.
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North Korea called on Friday for military talks with the United States for peace and security on the peninsula, while Washington has said it can discuss a peace treaty after Pyongyang abandons its nuclear weapons program.
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North Korea is proposing holding military  talks with the United States, the official Korean Central News  Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday, less than a week before a new  round of talks on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear arms program is due to  begin.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 19  - The United States on Friday pronounced itself unimpressed by this week&#39;s mass release of nearly 4,000 prisoners from jails in military-run Myanmar and demanded immediate freedom for all political detainees, including opposition
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North Korean and US officials met this week to discuss the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula. It appears they came no closer to resuming multilateral
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Second round of talks about Iraq security to follow up on landmark meeting held in May, US officials say.
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Though uncertainty still surrounds prospects for a fourth session of six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue, the United States appears to be making greater efforts toward
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The United States said it was planning more one-on-one talks with North Korea in a push to make progress in multinational negotiations aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program.
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North Korea is proposing holding military talks with the United States, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday, less than a week before a new round of talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms program is due to begin.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is in Washington for talks with Condoleezza Rice.