The US is seeking backing from allies in a possible bid to oust the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency perhaps as early as at the end of the month, diplomats said today.

UN inspectors have uncovered nuclear experiments not previously disclosed by Iran, diplomats said today, characterising the discovery as more potential evidence of Tehran’s alleged weapons ambitions.

LIBYA has agreed to open its nuclear activities to pervasive inspection by the UN atomic agency as early as next week, a key step toward honouring a promise to scrap its nuclear weapons programme.