BAGHDAD: US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Saturday for a surprise visit aimed at bolstering Iraq’s fledgling democracy almost four months after an inconclusive election.Biden, wearing... (more...)

KIEV: The door to NATO membership remains open for Ukraine, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Kiev Friday, after its parliament abandoned the previous administration’s bid to join the... (more...)

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has said the change in United States (US) military command in Afghanistan will not affect his administration’s resolve to dismantle al-Qaeda and reaffirmed the... (more...)

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday released an amount of $ 120 million in budgetary support for Pakistan as part of its development assistance for the country for the financial year 2010. (more…)  Read More →

KABUL: US General David Petraeus arrived in Kabul Friday to take over as commander of the Afghan war amid concerns that it could be a lost cause, a NATO official told AFP. (more…)  Read More →

PARIS: The American strategy in Afghanistan is “not working,” a senior French general said in comments published Thursday, saying the situation there was at an all-time low. Vincent Desportes,... (more...)

WASHINGTON: A group of US lawmakers allied with the White House called Thursday for an end to the Afghan war, labeling it an unwinnable drain on US “blood and treasure” and comparing it to... (more...)

WASHINGTON: The cost of helping the US Gulf Coast rebound from the ruinous Gulf of Mexico oil spill could run into the trillions of dollars, a US lawmaker said Thursday after abriefing from top government... (more...)

WASHINGTON: The US Senate unanimously confirmed General David Petraeus Wednesday as commander of the faltering Afghan campaign, amid deep US public pessimism about the nearly nine-year-old war. (more…)  Read More →

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has congratulated the bilateral United States-Pakistan Fulbright Programme on its 60th anniversary and welcomed the latest group of 158 Pakistani Fulbright students coming... (more...)