US Envoy: N. Korea Talks 'Positive, Constructive': What We're Reading Now
Oct 26, 2011

IRAN
Panetta warns Iran not to meddle in Iraq
AFP -- October 26, 2011
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday warned Iran that it should not meddle in Iraq when American forces leave the country at the end of this year.

Iran Makes New Arrests in Fraud Case
Rick Gladstone, New York Times -- October 25, 2011
The Iranian authorities have widened their investigation into what they say is a record $2.6 billion embezzlement uncovered in a network of Iranian banks last month, interrogating at least 67 people and putting 31 of them under arrest, state media reported.

NORTH KOREA
US Envoy: N. Korea Talks 'Positive, Constructive'
Voice of America -- October 25, 2011
Talks between the United States and North Korea on resuming stalled nuclear negotiations have ended in Geneva, with a U.S. official calling them "positive and constructive."

Top UN relief official urges US, NKorea to avoid humanitarian aid discussions at nuclear talks
The Washington Post -- October 24, 2011
The U.N.’s top relief official says nuclear talks in Switzerland between the United States and North Korea should avoid discussions of humanitarian assistance for the chronically hungry Asian country.

Official: May be 'weeks and months' before North Korea responds on talks
Jill Dougherty, CNN -- October 26, 2011
A senior State Department official is tempering expectations on how quickly North Korea could respond to just-concluded discussions with the United States in Geneva, Switzerland.