WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will travel to Lisbon in November for a summit with leaders of the European Union, the White House said Tuesday. (more…)  Read More →

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates is keen to protect legitimate trade with Iran even though it is enforcing tough new sanctions against its neighbour across the Gulf, media reports said on Tuesday. Iran... (more...)

TOKYO: Japan said on Tuesday it would keep a close eye on Beijing’s military build-up, following a US government report warning that China’s rising defence power is changing East Asia’s... (more...)

PANAMA CITY, Florida: US President  Barack Obama on Saturday defended his decision to support building an Islamic center and mosque near New York’s Ground Zero, saying that allowing the plans to... (more...)

ISLAMABAD: Two U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters arrived in Pakistan on Saturday as part of the continued U.S. humanitarian assistance to Pakistan in support of flood relief from the monsoon floods. ... (more...)

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama  Friday signed a bill that tightens security at the Mexico border, hoping to address the hot issue of illegal immigration in the run-up to November congressional elections.... (more...)

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai pledged to continue efforts to “keep the pressure on the Taliban” during a video conference on Friday, the White... (more...)

ISLAMABAD: A U.S. chartered B-747 cargo plane carrying urgently needed shelter materials for 66,000 flood-victims in southern Punjab arrived here on Tuesday.  Embassy officials are turning over the equipment... (more...)

ISLAMABAD: The United States (US) flood relief teams on Tuesday carried journalists to the flood hit areas  and briefed them about the operations being carried out by the US troops.  The national and... (more...)

WASHINGTON: NASA expects to conduct an extra, third spacewalk outside the International Space Station after efforts Saturday to repair a failed cooling system on the orbiter fell short, the agency said.... (more...)