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Think tank: China boosts nuclear arms arsenal
China, India and Pakistan have increased their nuclear weapons by about 10 warheads each in the past year, and other nuclear states appear set on ...
Pakistani president says he will not run again
The president of Pakistan said in an interview aired Sunday that he will not run for another term, a decision that was widely expected after his party ...
Pakistan's new lawmakers sworn in, face many tests
Newly elected members of Pakistan's National Assembly were sworn in Saturday, officially marking the first transition of power between democratically ...
Pakistan's Sharif denounces recent US drone strike
Pakistan's incoming prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has expressed "deep disappointment" over a recent U.S. drone strike that the Pakistani Taliban said ...
Ex-general wants post-2014 troop levels announced
The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan called on the White House Friday to announce how many troops it intends to leave in that country after ...
Pakistan may be next in line for an IMF bailout
With foreign reserves diminishing fast, Pakistan is on the brink of an economic crisis that may force its new government to ask for an unpopular ...
Pakistan army battles militants in NW, killing 19
The Pakistani military killed 19 militants in a late night battle for control of strategic mountain peaks in an area near the Afghan border, the army ...
Kerry defends US drone policy after Pakistan hit
Secretary of State John Kerry is defending U.S. drone strikes after the CIA's killing of a senior Taliban member. Kerry says the U.S. is at war with ...
Drone strike comes despite transparency pledge
The drone attack that killed a Pakistan Taliban deputy leader this week was a clear signal that despite President Barack Obama's promise last week of ...
Pakistani Taliban withdraw peace talks offer
The Pakistani Taliban withdrew their offer of peace talks Thursday, following the death of the group's deputy leader in an American drone attack, a ...
Afghans claim 6 arrested in Kabul attack plot
Afghan intelligence agents captured six militants with suicide vests and heavy weaponry who were planning a major attack in Kabul, an official said ...
Top Pakistan militant said killed in US strike
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, although the ...
Pakistan polio vaccination suspended after killing
Pakistani authorities suspended a four-day polio vaccination program Tuesday after gunmen shot dead a female polio worker and wounded another, ...
US intelligence embraces debate in security issues
In the months leading up to the killing of Osama bin Laden, veteran intelligence analyst Robert Cardillo was given the nickname "Debbie Downer." With ...
UK: 2 men held over plane threat denied bail
A judge has denied bail for two men who allegedly threatened to blow up a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain. U.K. residents Tayyab Subhani, 30, ...
UK: 2 men charged after Pakistan plane diverted
British authorities have charged two men with endangering an aircraft after a plane carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan to Britain was ...
Obama's drone rules provide limits, ambiguity
President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone ...
16 children, 1 teacher die in Pakistan bus fire
Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their ...
Gas cylinder blast on Pakistan school bus kills 17
At least 17 children were burned to death in eastern Pakistan on Saturday when a faulty gas cylinder exploded on the bus taking them to school, police ...
UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested
Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated ...
Obama's speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen
President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected ...