The United States on Tuesday said bringing to justice the perpetrators of 26/11 was still an "unfinished business" which was high on its priority list, days after Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist David Headley was sentenced to 35 years in jail by a Chicago court.
John Kerry, the veteran American politician and 2004 presidential candidate, has been sworn in as the United States secretary of state, replacing Hillary Clinton.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said that the United States is also responsible for the current mess in Pakistan as it quietly walked away from the country after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Foreign direct investment in retail and Teesta water sharing 'certainly on the list
Welcoming the resumption of talks between India and Pakistan, the United States has urged both the nations to work in the same spirit to help in ensuring stability in war-ravaged Afghanistan. "Indeed, we are encouraged by the news that India and Pakistan are re-launching a dialogue aimed at building trust, and we encourage them to work in that same spirit to support a political process in Afghanistan," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
Elements in the Pakistan government, particularly its intelligence establishment, know where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding inside the country, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said, declaring America will not be satisfied till it gets the world's most wanted fugitive.
The backing of a major liberal media establishment will undoubtedly be seen as a shot in the arm for both major party candidates as they wrestle through the nomination.
Focusing on five key areas including security cooperation and trade, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said India and the United States are moving to forge a new and more mature phase of ties, as the 3rd Indo-US strategic dialogue kicked off in Washington, DC.
Stating that she was physically tired from the 'merry-go-round' of the public life, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that she would retire to private life after the first term of President Barack Obama and then probably write a book.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will discuss non-proliferation issues among other things during her trip to India in May, a United States official said on Saturday. "The Secretary will be in India, both in Delhi and in Kolkata. She will have a chance in the context of our bilateral dialogue to talk about the full range of issues, including nonproliferation issues," said State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi would co-chair the first US-Pak Strategic Dialogue to be held in Washington on March 24.
Describing the improved Indo-Pak relationship in the region "a real game changer," the US has expressed satisfaction over the progress being made by the two neighbours on improving their bilateral trade and commercial ties.
In more than a decade since 2002, 60 fugitives were extradited or deported by foreign governments to India, which received a major victory in its fight to bring the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to justice when a US federal court agreed to the extradition of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana to the country.
Notwithstanding India's reservations, the US said on Tuesday that it would "consider" Pakistan's request for a civil nuclear deal as it wanted to help the country meet its immediate and long-term energy needs. Ahead of the crucial bilateral strategic dialogue between the US and Pakistan on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it clear that the issue of energy would be one of the subjects of discussion but refused to pre-judge the outcome of the talks.
Upon his return, the PM is slated to get a gala welcome from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
In a statement on Wednesday, World Bank said that its President Robert B Zoellick has announced that he would step down at the end of a five-year term in which a transformed Bank played an historic role during the global economic crisis, using record replenishments to provide more than $247 billion to help developing countries boost growth and overcome poverty.
'Every type of deal that US government officials were privately indicating 'hope' to have included a few months back made it in.'
He is currently on a two-day swing to the crucial State of Iowa. On January 15, Iowa would kick off the 2024 Republican presidential primary season.
The letter, written by the Indian ambassador to the United States Nirupama Rao to the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in which she expressed her concern about the Indian students affected by the "sham" Tri-Valley University is being reviewed and would be replied soon, an official spokesperson has said.
Would any former prime minister have travelled to a rogue country to negotiate for the freedom of just two of its imprisoned citizens?
The successes of Clinton's trip have helped to expand the President's vision for a multi-polar world, says the Christian Science Monitor.
"The Secretary does plan to visit Pakistan in order to have an in-depth strategic discussion about our cooperation and to convey the US government's views on the way forward for Pakistan," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told media persons.
Dr Ami Bera, California physician, who according to conventional wisdom is the only Indian American congressional candidate this time around among all of the community's aspirants who has a good chance of winning, received a major boost when former President Bill Clinton publicly endorsed him in a public rally at the University of California.
Describing her recent visit to Islamabad as one aimed at clearing the air, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Pakistanis had a 'sort of pent- up frustration' with the US over its policy in the region, which she tried to address."The whole purpose of my trip was to try to clear the air with the Pakistani people and the government, to reassert our support for Pakistan, particularly in this very difficult conflict they're engaged in with the Taliban.
"Our argument to China and India is: Yes, you have a right to develop and we want you to develop. But you can't do it the way we did it, because you will suffer consequences that will undermine your development," Hillary Clinton said about India and China.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday conferred with the highest honour of Fiji by its premier Sitiveni Rabuka in recognition of his global leadership, in a rare honour for a non-Fijian.
The delegation accompanying President George W Bush to the funeral of Pope John Paul II will include former presidents George H W Bush and Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Hillary has the odds stacked against her in the African-American dominated state, and Obama is in a must-win situation.
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday hailed the "positive results" of the latest round of Security and Economic Dialogue between China and the United States which was held under the shadow of a dissident seeking refuge in the American embassy in Beijing.Hu lauded the talks and appreciated the "excellent work" of the teams from the two countries when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothey Geithner called on him.
Jaishankar said: "Our expectation levels with the Pakistanis are never very high."
Former United States President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed author and advice columnist E Jean Carroll in 1996, a Manhattan federal jury has found and awarded her $5 million for battery and defamation, a verdict that may hurt him in his 2024 bid to regain the White House.
History was made at the Los Angeles Lakers-Oklahoma City Thunder game at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, February 7, 2023
Globally recognised organisations including the CDC, the Clinton Foundation, and domestic pharmaceutical and health care companies have sent their teams to visit the centres and study the concept, reports R Krishna Das.
The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.
Kamala Harris, who is running for US Senate from California, said Trump's comments are "predatory and they make me sick. They are vile and Trump must be stopped".
Trump said Putin would have been happier if Clinton had won as this would have made America weak.
Former United States president Donald J Trump and family attended the funeral of Ivana Trump, Trump's first wife, at the St Vincent Ferrer Church in New York City, July 20, 2022.
'This is still a relatively immature defense and high-tech relationship.'
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