It what further strengthens the Tehreik-e-Taliban Pakistan's direct involvement in the failed Times Square bombing plot, a federal indictment released earlier this week has revealed that the extremist outfit had paid $12,000 to Faisal Shahzad to plot the explosion at the busy commercial intersection.
Simplification of India's tax codes including stamp and other duties has to be an end objective by itself and the introduction of DTC and GST should not be delayed by protracted discussions.
China's growing military might which is a subject of anxiety among its neighbours appear to be overstated and the emerging giant is still far from developing capabilities that can pose a challenge to a power like the United States, a media report in US said on Saturday.
The US president suggested that the "dirty" eatery "badly needs a paint job" and must focus more on cleaning its "filthy canopies, doors and windows".
US military is looking at options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan if a successful terrorist strike on US soil is traced back to the country, senior Pentagon officials were quoted as saying on Saturday.
That a man who boasts he lives in a tent and whom Ronald Reagan once dubbed 'the mad dog of the middle east' still commands devotion four decades into his rule is one of the enduring mysteries of this idiosyncratic country, US media reports from the Libyan capital said.
NASA said it is looking forward to explore the solar system with its Indian counterpart.
India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Puri invited over two dozen journalists from the mainstream American media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, at a working luncheon to get its point of view on the UN reform process across.
According to The Washington Post, the CIA is making secret payments to multiple members of the Afghan administration to maintain sources of information in a government in which the Afghan leader is often seen as having a limited grasp of developments.
Nearly 60 per cent of Afghans want foreign troops to leave their country now or start leaving by next summer, the date originally promised by US President Barack Obama for the beginning of a pullout, according to a media poll.
The book shares the story of the woman Sheila Miyoshi Jager, Obama's love interest.
These users span across four continents and included diplomats, political dissidents, journalists and senior government officials.
Stocked with computers, televisions and voice-over-internet phones, top commanders of the Lashkar-e-Taiyba had set up a control room from where they controlled and directed the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, a United States report has said.
Raju Narisetti, managing editor, The Washington Post, in a frank interview talks about the state of Indian education, media's role in improving journalism standards, relationship between advertising and editorial amongst others...
According to the Washington Post, American military officials say the intercontinental ballistic missiles, known as Prompt Global Strike weapons, are a necessary new form of deterrence against terrorist networks and other adversaries.
The United States media on Thursday highlighted Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's assertion that the trust deficit between longtime allies US and Pakistan has seen a sharp drop, even though some key items on Islamabad's wish-list could not be fulfilled through the strategic dialogue.
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is seeking removal of upto 50 Taliban commanders from a United Nations terror blacklist in a gesture intended to advance a political reconciliation in his country.
The Pakistan government has detained a co-owner of an upscale catering company in Islamabad and at least four others in connection with the botched Times Square bombing plot for which Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has been arrested in the United States, a media report said in Washington on Saturday. The suspects, including Salman Ashraf of 'Hanif Rajput Catering Service', were taken into custody following the May 1 Times Square terror plot.
A man who allegedly helped terror suspect Faisal Shahzad travel to Pakistan's tribal belt to attend bomb-making camps was arrested on Thursday.The arrested suspect has admitted to being an accomplice of Shahzad, who was arrested at New York's JFK airport for plotting a terror attack on Times Square. He also has links with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.The latest arrest confirms the fears of the US administration that the Pakistani Taliban plotted the failed bomb plot.
This Tuesday, the class is likely to have focused on Faisal Shehzad's plan to create havoc in New York City's Times Square.
The conviction of Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab by a Mumbai court in 26/11 terror attack case has been widely carried in the US media on Tuesday, the day on which it was itself grappling with trying to find out who was behind the failed Times Square car bombing.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday reignited a feud with the father of one of the three UCLA basketball players who were detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting, calling him an 'ungrateful fool' in a series of early-morning tweets.
China has opposed the planned visit of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh and voiced 'strong concern' over the November trip. "China expresses strong concern about this information. The visit further reveals the Dalai clique's anti-China and separatist essence," the Washington Post reported. "China's stance on the so-called Arunachal Pradesh is consistent. We firmly oppose Dalai visiting the so-called Arunachal Pradesh," said a spokeswoman.
US President Barack Obama has decided to send 300 additional American Special Operations troops to assist in Iraq's fight against the advancing Sunni, Al Qaeda-inspired extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which has captured several cities and has its sights set on Baghdad.
Swamy demanded to dismiss the AAP government in Delhi and asked for President Rule.
There is no such annual parade in the United States, which is militarily the most powerful country of the world.
The SC nominee has rejected as "completely false" the sexual assault allegation
The CIA found that 15 Saudi agents flew on government planes to Istanbul and carried out the killing at the Saudi consulate, the report said, adding that it could complicate President Donald Trump's efforts to preserve US ties with one of the closest American allies in the region.
A blunt warning sent by US President Barack Obama in November 2009, prompted Pakistan to go after the Afghan Taliban leadership, and is being cited as the turning point in the strategic relationship between the two countries.
America's Central Intelligence Agency has played a crucial role in India and Pakistan sharing secret intelligence information on Mumbai terrorist attacks, a media report claimed on Monday.
The Al Qaeda's ability to wage mass-casualty terrorism has been undercut by relentless US attacks on the network's leadership, finances and training camps. But it also warns that despite this weakened state, the group has shifted tactics to focus on small-scale operations that are far harder to detect and disrupt.The deadly November shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, and the failed Christmas Day attempt to bomb an airline.
For four years from 2002 to 2006, the Federal Bureau of Investigation violated its own law related to phone tapping as it illegally collected over 2,000 US telephone call records by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist, a media report said on Tuesday.
In an article in The Washington Post, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari explains the steps taken by his government to combat the ongoing economic crisis, claims that the army is winning in its offensives against militants in tribal areas and defends the country's alliance with the United States.Zardari claims that he is "working with Parliament to run a country, not a political campaign", adding that "in time, good policies will become good politics".
The provision in this regard is expected to be included by US President Barack Obama when he rolls out his annual budget next month, media reports said.
Yves Gomes can breathe easy for the next two years, as he just eluded being deported to India, where he has lived for just 14 months of his entire life.
Mueller has already interviewed several of the close aides and family members of Trump over the issue.
"It appears at this point that the subject travelled from a local hotel, where the official Indian delegation was staying and arrived at the dinner with the group, which was under the responsibility of Department of State," the Secret Service said.
The IMF proposals will be reviewed by the finance ministers of G-20, whose representatives are in Washington for meetings this week, The Post reported.
North Korea, with the help of Pakistan, may have opened an alternative way to clandestinely build nuclear weapons as early as 1990s by constructing a plant to manufacture a gas needed for uranium enrichment. Pyongyang may have been enriching uranium on a small scale by 2002.
In the remote corner of eastern Bolivia where Che was executed, thousands gathered to commemorate his death anniversary.
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