Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo released by Pakistan's Press Information Department, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, second right, ...

ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both — a key accord in the wake of Israel’s strike on ...

Pakistan’s use of nuclear blackmail against its adversaries has enabled a strategy of regional aggression—most recently seen in Afghanistan. Pakistan’s bombing of Afghanistan over the past few weeks ...

The Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA) concluded between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on September 17 has surprised many in South Asia and the Arab Gulf countries. The development followed close ...

The world watched anxiously as India and Pakistan exchanged ballistic missiles during what is now remembered as the 88-hour war of May 2025. Observers feared that an uncontrolled escalation could push ...

FOR YEARS Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were bound by an unspoken bargain. Saudi Arabia had lots of cash but little muscle. Pakistan was cash-poor but arms-rich. The kingdom poured money into Pakistan’s ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan’s defense minister says his nation’s nuclear program “will be made available” to Saudi Arabia if needed under the countries’ new defense pact, marking the ...