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Special Representative Augustine Mahiga greets members of the Technical Selection Committee.

United Nations nuclear agency officials are meeting Friday in Vienna with representatives from Iran over access to a nuclear site the U.N. agency suspects was used for research related to nuclear weapon development.

One year ago, Somalia’s capital Mogadishu had an image of a war zone. Presidential candidates today are campaigning with election posters hanging on buildings, main roads and even on cars. One sign shopowner said campaign excitement not only is good for business, but also is important for the country's stability.

Combat engineers from the Canadian Army and the Washington Army National Guard transport two Canadian military police vehicles up the Columbia River here using bridge boat pontoons Aug. 20 as part of training exercise Kootenay Castor 2012. The vehicles are being relocated to support the main training event of the exercise.

Djiboutian Armed Forces and Soldiers from Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, participate in a night vision goggle best practices exchange. The cavalry Soldiers participate in various military-to-military training sessions in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, whose mission is to strengthen partner nation military capacity in East Africa.

Japan's prime minister -- as well as his predecessor who was in charge of the government during the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdowns -- met Wednesday with activists who have been organizing weekly protests in front of the prime minister's office. The encounter comes amid reports the government is considering phasing out all nuclear power reactors by the year 2030.

Rapidly reforming Burma's decision to ease media censorship is being met with caution in neighboring China, where government officials have been adamant in maintaining their tight control over the flow of information.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Special Representative Farid Zarif.

South Korea has dismissed a proposal by Japan to take a long-running dispute over a group of islands to the International Court of Justice.