Comey confessed that he leaked the information about his interaction with the US president.
'It certainly doesn't have to be accomplished at the end of the year. It will not turn into a pumpkin after some days! The next president and next Congress can take this up,' says expert K Alan Kronstadt.
North Korea's foreign minister accused President Trump of declaring war against his country.
India has agreed to separate its nuclear and military facilities, which would take time and the US has to change domestic laws to resume nuclear supplies to Indian reactors.
The leaders were accompanied by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the bilateral meeting.
"If it was not for Pakistan, we would not have an Iranian nuclear programme."
US Defence Secretary Llyod Austin described China as a pacing challenge for the United States.
Retired Marine General Anthony Zinni even went to the extent of defending Musharraf in terms of defusing the Kargil crisis
In yet another sign of deepening relationship between India and the United States, the Friends of Indian Caucus in the US Senate is holding a rare Congressional reception for the new Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar.
"Militants operating out of Pakistan and Afghanistan continue to threaten Afghan stability as well as stoke tensions between Pakistan and India," Gen Votel said.
The two leaders discussed the status of the deal and a range of issues covering Indo-US strategic partnership at the Oval Office in the White House. The meeting slated for 5.10 pm local time (2.40 am IST) started 20 minutes late as Bush was engaged in talks with presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain on the financial crisis in the US.
"Confidence in the vaccine is what brings us here this morning," the US vice-president said in remarks following his vaccination. "I didn't feel a thing. Well done."
The Tibetan Buddhist leader has been bestowed with the Congressional Gold Medal. The event also saw first time a US President sharing a big-stage event with the Dalai Lama.
Ignoring China's objections, United States President George W Bush met the Dalai Lama at the White House on Tuesday, on the eve of a Capitol Hill ceremony to give the Tibetan spiritual leader the Congressional Gold Medal, America's highest civilian honour. the Dalai Lama and Bush were joined by First Lady Laura Bush for a discussion on violations of human rights in Burma. According to a report, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi demanded cancellation of the award ceremony.
Pakistan, India and Saudi Arabia were the leading buyers of weapons in 2006 while the United States was the topmost supplier of arms to the developing world, a Congressional study has revealed. The report said Russia and Britain followed the US.
"We welcome the decision of both governments to hold talks directly. The Foreign Secretary-level talks are a very good thing. It shows that both are interested in dealing with issues directly," Boucher said.
Google urged the US government on Thursday to raise the number of H-1B visas by highlighting the contributions of its co-founder Sergey Brin and the company's principal scientist Krishna Bharat, both foreign-origin workers.
Kamala Harris, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna and Raja Krishnamoorthi make their way to the Congress.
The Chinese military on Thursday said it has conducted precision strikes over the Taiwan Strait and 'expected results' were achieved, in apparent retaliation to the United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei disregarding Beijing's vociferous warnings.
The two nations had agreed on $700 million deal under which Pakistan was to pay $270 million (Rs 179 crore) from its national funds to purchase eight F-16s while the US was supposed to finance the rest of the amount from its Foreign Military Financing fund.
Joe Wilson told the US House of Representatives that the strategic partnership would ensure future security and prosperity.
'President Musharraf's role was not viewed with the negativity I had expected,' says K Alan Kronstadt, the US Congress' South Asian expert.
Singh said he was surprised that Vajpayee had been sharply critical of it.
The US Congress has invited Dr C S Swaminathan, who worked along with Borlaug during the days of India's Green Revolution, to introduce him.
They have also urged the Obama administration to review its decision in this regard.
With this, the DoD has reprogrammed USD 800 million CSF destined for Pakistan.
The study draws attention to the contribution of the Indian industry
The official added that this could be shelved unless Pakistan provides the US government with access to renegade nuclear scientist A Q Khan.
"I am concerned that this decision by the Bush administration, coupled with their continued policy of increased military assistance for Pakistan, will mean a step backward in the US-India relations," Pallone said.
'This is going to be an opportunity to hear from the prime minister of the new India and the progress made in the last two years of the growing cooperation between the US and India in several areas, including areas that would have seemed implausible a few years ago.' US Congressman Ed Royce, who led the campaign to have Prime Minister Modi address a joint session of Congress, speaks to Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com in an exclusive interview.
However, the Republicans are unlikely to opt for this, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
