The United States blocked $300 million military aid to Pakistan as it failed to get a Congressional certification for "satisfactory" action against the dreaded Haqqani network, the Pentagon has said.
Adm Michael Mullen, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, said despite the scale of threat, progress would be slow since Pakistan has been lagging behind in its strategy to eliminate safe havens for terrorists in the lawless Federally Administered Tribal Areas
'The choice is made easy in part by Mr McCain's disappointing campaign. It is made easy in larger part, though, because of our admiration for Mr Obama and the impressive qualities he has shown during this long race,' The Washington Post opined in its editorial.
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said that she is taking a break after more than a decade in public life.
Ambassador T P Sreenivasan salutes India Abroad, the leading Indian-American newspaper for half a century, which ceased publication on March 30.
Barack Obama will take oath as the 44th United States President on the same Bible used to swear in Abraham Lincoln in 1861.Obama announced his historic bid for the presidency from the steps of the statehouse in Springfield, Illinois, the same spot where Lincoln, another state legislator, began his quest.
A week before Pakistanis vote in the parliamentary elections, the "vast majority" -- 75 percent -- want President Pervez Musharraf to leave office, with his approval rating touching a new low of 15 per cent, the Washington Post reported.
The US has said the Bush administration's continuing support for the military ruler for short-term benefits will only make a bad problem worse
Over half of the American Whites consider presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a "risky" choice for the White House, whereas two-thirds believe McCain as a "safe" pick, a new survey has revealed.
Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee may be the favourite in this year's US general elections but the first-time black-American senator has some hurdles to overcome if he is going to find himself in the Oval Office. A first poll since the end of the Democrats' campaign by The Washington Post/ABC News shows that the presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Senator Obama are running about even with independent voters.
Recently, First Lady Laura Bush, during a video teleconference in recognition of International Human Rights Day, said: "India, one of Burma's (Myanmar) closest trading partners, has stopped selling arms to the junta." However, a spokesman for the Indian Embassy in Washington declined to comment on the story.
While the charismatic Bill Clinton has often turned out in support for his wife, this is the first time that talk show host Oprah Winfrey will campaign for a presidential hopeful.
He is a longtime Clinton benefactor, who has suddenly found himself thrust into the public domain in the wake of major articles in the New York Times and the Washington Post.
The survey has shown that 47 per cent said they trust McCain more in handling the war while 45 per cent have more faith in Obama.
Investigators have also been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes by Trump associates.
Melania Trump, wife of the Republican presidential candidate said that two were engaged in "boy talk, and he was led on, like egged on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff".
The turban searches by the TSA have riled the Sikh community.
Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, has resigned from a prominent institute he founded in the United States after he made some comments about Jews, media reports said.
The bump stock device turns semi-automatic rifles into fully automatic weapons capable of firing hundreds of rounds a minute.
I can't see what purpose can be served by an apology by a British government that cannot in any way be blamed for one sadistic man running amok 100 years ago, argues Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
In excerpts from his journal, John Allen Chau, the American, reveals what it was like to meet the isolated tribe in the Andamans.
British director Paul Greengrass has bought the rights to Rajiv Chandrasekaran's acclaimed book, Imperial Life in the Emerald City.
Rob Porter's responsibility was mainly in the flow of paper that crossed Trump's desk, including the wave of executive orders and actions that Trump inked during the first months of his tenure.
The death of six military personnel on Tuesday made 2007 the deadliest year for American troops since the start of the war in Iraq, The Washington Post reported. The record death toll of at least 852 US military personnel killed this year underscores the high cost of the American troop increase, launched in February, which has begun to drive down the sectarian violence that once gripped much of the country, the paper reported.
'Two years ago, had I been given even a tiny hint that my genes were tipping the scale for the development of a disease that would lock me into my body, unable to move or breath normally on my own, I would have been sad, and probably mad.' 'So now I'm running as fast as I can -- from my wheelchair.' P Rajendran on the amazing but brief life of Rahul Desikan, medical pioneer.
The changes if legalised would have a detrimental effect on the functioning of Indian tech companies in the US and also small and medium-sized contractual farms in the IT sector, which are mostly owned by Indian Americans.
Triple Olympic champion Marion Jones has admitted using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games and plans to plead guilty on Friday to lying about her drug use.
The conference is being organised by the Department of Printing and Media Engineering of Manipal Institute of Technology.
It said the decision was a result of the United States government's 'pro-growth economic agenda'.
The prime minister said given the circumstances, India needed a strategic nuclear weapons programme.
A man was arrested outside White House for attempting to scale a bicycle barrier at the main fence.
The United States said was "saddened" to hear the confirmation of Khashoggi's death, but made no mention of action against its major ally.
'Satellite photos of Pakistan's Khushab nuclear site show what appears to be a partially completed heavy-water reactor capable of producing enough plutonium for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons a year, a 20-fold increase from its current capabilities.'
The CEO of infoUSA says the NYT article is a 'hatchet job' to embarrass Hillary Clinton and is motivated by the newspaper's support for Obama.
A new report suggests oral sex may not be as safe as most people think.
In another development, Carlyle Group of the District said it was selling a 7.5 per cent share of its general ownership to an investment group owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, which like Dubai is part of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates.
Breaking decades of US diplomatic policy, President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and discussed various issues, a move which could infuriate China.
This year, there was no Pulitzer awarded for drama.
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