A car bomb ripped through a crowded street in Peshawar's oldest bazaar, killing 40 people in the third blast to hit the troubled Pakistani city in a week, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Tehran, YJC. -- Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi welcomes direct peace talks between leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan as Afghan President Hamid Karzai is on an official visit to Islamabad.
Tehran, YJC. -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Pakistan Monday seeking the release of key Taliban prisoners as he tries to restart peace talks with the militants after they collapsed acrimoniously.
Tehran, YJC. -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the joint multi-billion-dollar pipeline project between Tehran and Islamabad can boost bilateral economic cooperation.
Tehran, YJC. -- A Pakistani power company is appealing to its customers' religious consciences in a desperate bid to get them to stop stealing electricity -- a major hurdle in efforts to stem crippling blackouts.
Tehran, YJC. -- Pakistan could end the Afghan war "in weeks" if it were serious about peace, and is complicit in US drone strikes despite its denunciations of the anti-militant campaign, Afghanistan's army chief says.
TEHRAN, YJC. -- Three of the world's nuclear powers -- China, India and Pakistan -- have increased their nuclear arsenals over the past year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said Monday.