For the first time in a Washington Post-ABC News poll this year, a majority of likely voters now say they plan to vote for Bush in the presidential election.
Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry said on Wednesday that Pakistan has become the "ground zero of terrorism" and "security threat" to the United States.
The US is keen to improve business ties with India.
Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry has said that he would soon be introducing a legislation in the US Congress to triple the non-military aid to Pakistan to avert an economic meltdown.
US Secretary of State John Kerry's current visit to India will set the tone for cooperation between the two countries over the next few years, especially in key areas of shared interest like managing the security risks associated with China's rise and the stabilisation of Afghanistan, notes Lisa Curtis.
United States Secretary of State John Kerry has said that China is possibly changing its calculations with regard to North Korea, adding if it enters into a partnership with the United States, this will bring regional peace.
Battered in opinion polls by President George W Bush, Democratic challenger John Kerry is now turning to former President Bill Clinton, considered among the best campaigners, for advice on how to reinvigorate his sagging campaign
As the debate on outsourcing dominates the presidential election campaign in the United States, a leading economist has termed Democratic nominee John Kerry's opposition to American companies moving jobs overseas as faulty economics.
Outsourcing of hi-tech jobs to India, China, Russia, the Philippines will to dominate the US poll debate.
Just back from a trip to Pakistan, United States Senator John Kerry says the Obama administration expected more from that country to root out terrorist groups holed up there, observing a "fullness of measure of effort" is now required.
The issue is likely to crop up in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with US President Barack Obama.
The Democratic presidential candidate also defended his running mate John Edwards, who has been criticised by Republicans for his lack of experience.
United States Senator John Kerry, on a mission to Pakistan to ease tensions in the wake of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden, has been told by Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani that the unilateral action had generated 'intense feelings' among his soldiers.
Upset over the Devyani Khobragade episode, India on Wednesday raised with the United States its concerns over "trafficking" visas issued to family members of Sangita Richard, the absconding maid of the Indian diplomat whose arrest had triggered a row between the two countries.
India has apparently put in a request to import oil and gas from the US, and if there is a long-term understanding on this in New Delhi during John Kerry's visit to India, it may well be the next big thing in bilateral relations. It will transform global politics beyond recognition and usher in a new architecture in India-US relations, says TP Sreenivasan
The assurance came as relief for the Indian IT services sector.
The new poll showed Kerry has the support of 50 per cent of all registered voters, compared with 44 per cent for Bush, with independent candidate Ralph Nader at 2 per cent.
Visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday met United States Secretary of State John Kerry and discussed a wide range of bilateral and regional issues, the state department said.
During his brief visit to Pakistan, Kerry was asked to clarify the wording with regard to caveats associated with spending the KLB money on Pakistan's nuclear programme.
Kerry, a member of the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had told him during their meeting on Thursday that India would sign the Fissile Material Control Treaty.
The influence Pakistan Army wields even in its diplomatic ties with the US was evident when Senator John F Kerry met the country's army chief to allay politicians' concerns about the new US aid package that has sparked public outrage.
In an unusual gesture, the democratic candidate has put off campaigning till the former president's funeral on Friday.
'Any fear or apprehension that this dialogue is aimed towards China, that is mistaken.'
According to a poll conducted by GlobeScan, non-Americans, including in countries known as traditional allies of the US, are clearly unhappy with the country's foreign policy under Bush.
In a rare admission, the White House said the US should have sent 'someone with a higher profile' to join world leaders in the unity march in Paris but maintained Secretary of State John Kerry skipped the rally as he was preoccupied with "some important work" in India.
'People in Rome are becoming more and more aware that there's a problem of John Kerry,' the US Democratic presidential candidate said.
The Kerry Lugar bill that would give a whooping US $ 7.5 billion non-military aid to Pakistan, which US President Barack Obama last week termed as a "down payment" and "investment" into America's future, would be introduced in the US Senate on Thursday.
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Kerry said this in a newspaper article co-authored by US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.
In an unprecedented admission by the Barack Obama administration, United States Secretary of State John Kerry has acknowledged that in some cases American spying has gone too far, but asserted that innocent people have not been "abused" through the secretive surveillance programme.
United States Secretary of State John Kerry has held wide-ranging talks with visiting Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh on key issues, including the regional situation with respect to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The poll, conducted by Washington Post-ABC News, suggested that 54 per cent of the voters were unfamiliar with the Massachusetts senator's positions against only 25 per cent who felt the same about Republican President George W Bush.
The CNN/USA Today/Gallop poll said the Massachusetts senator would win 52 per cent of the vote compared to Bush's 44 per cent.
Here are the highlights of United States Secretary of State John Kerry's town hall at IIT-Delhi.
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