A team of nuclear inspectors will press Iran this week about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's assertion that Iran is now in the process of researching and testing a more powerful uranium-enrichment centrifuge technology known as P-2.
Tens of thousands of people from all religious parties have staged a rally in Karachi against Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declaring him unacceptable because of his pro-American policies.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a visit to Pakistan Thursday, expressed optimism about the country's democratic evolution and its negotiations with nuclear rival India over the disputed territory of Kashmir.
Pakistan's minister for information and broadcasting says that A.Q. Khan, the country's leading nuclear scientist, provided Iran with centrifuges that could be used in the process of making nuclear weapons.
U.S. intelligence officials warned Wednesday that the threat of al Qaeda or other terrorist groups attacking the United States was still likely -- probably in the form of a car bomb or other low-tech weapon.
The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was a mistake that has made the world a more dangerous place, but a swift withdrawal would make matters worse, Pakistan's president said this weekend.
National security adviser Condoleezza Rice used Sunday's talk shows to defend President Bush's performance at last week's debate and counterpunch Sen. John Kerry's ideas about pre-emptive strikes.
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has presented new information to Chinese leaders on North Korea's nuclear program, a top administration official has said.
The United States and Pakistan have not struck a deal enabling Islamabad to go easy on the founder of Pakistan's nuclear program while ratcheting up its fight against al Qaeda in tribal regions, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Sunday.
As part of its nuclear program, Iran received parts from other countries, according to a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Malaysian police say a Dubai-based businessman has confessed to helping a top Pakistani scientist sell nuclear secrets and supplies to Iran, North Korea and Libya.
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