The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima power plant on Monday began removing atomic fuel from inside a building housing one of the reactors that melted down in 2011.

A Chinese delegation is reportedly due to visit Argentina this month to discuss the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Latin American country.

Iran and Syria have signed 18 trade deals to expand mutual economic relations.

The Legal Center for Rights and Developments in Yemen says the Saudi-led aggression has left 15,185 civilians, including 3,527 children, dead.

Iran has signed an agreement worth 411 million euros to build a 540-megawatt power plant in Syria’s Latakia, with a second plant in the works in Aleppo.

At least one person is killed and 32 go missing after a powerful earthquake paralyzes the northern island of Hokkaido in Japan.

The Iranian energy minister says the country restarted talks with Russia to build a 3,000-megawatt new nuclear power plant.

An Iranian official says negotiations with Turkey's Unit International to build two natural gas combined cycle power plants in Iran with $1.2 billion of investment are in the final stage.

Bulgaria moves to revive a long-delayed project to build a new nuclear power plant with Russian help, ditched for years under US and European pressure.

The German government has approved a draft law that paves the way for energy giants RWE and Vattenfall to receive hundreds of millions of euros in compensation for the country's decision to phase out nuclear power.