WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is “confident” a climate and energy bill will pass Congress this year, the White House said Tuesday after the president met with senators from both parties... (more...)

WASHINGTON: General David Petraues, appearing at a Congressional hearing for confirmation as commander of the US forces in Afghanistan, Tuesday assured Islamabad and Kabul of enduring American commitment... (more...)

WASHINGTON: The United States has arrested 10 alleged spies accused of carrying out “deep-cover assignments” for years for the Russian intelligence services, officials said Monday. An 11th... (more...)

LONDON: US General Stanley McChrystal issued a highly critical assessment of the war in Afghanistan just days before he was sacked by President Barack Obama, a British newspaper reported Sunday.The Independent... (more...)

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Textile Industry Rana Farooq Saeed Khan urged the United State (US) authorities to sign free trade agreement with Pakistan.  He said this while talking to a delegation of industrialists... (more...)

TORONTO: France, Russia and the United States on Saturday called for a “peaceful settlement” in the fighting in the Armenian-backed breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh. In a joint statement... (more...)

WASHINGTON: As senior Pakistani and Indian officials met in Islamabad, the United States reaffirmed its own interest and support for a comprehensive dialogue between the two South Asian neighbors that... (more...)

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers hammered out a historic overhaul of financial regulations as dawn broke over the nation’s capital on Friday, handing President Barack Obama a major domestic policy victory... (more...)

TEHRAN: An Iranian oil official said on Friday that the new US and European sanctions against the Islamic republic bring it closer to self-sufficiency, including in refining petrol. “The more Americans... (more...)

WASHINGTON, USA: President Barack  Obama on Thursday said that Russia was buying 50 Boeing aircraft valued at four billion dollars that could create 44,000 jobs in the struggling US economy. Obama, speaking... (more...)