Washington: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would discuss non-proliferation issues among other things during her trip to India next month, a U.S. official said on Saturday. “The Secretary will be in India, both in Delhi and in Calcutta. She’ll have... (Continue reading)
Washington:The United States has said there is no change in its visa policy with regard to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. “Our position on the visa issue hasn’t changed at all,” State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily... (Continue reading)
Lahore: Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed has moved the High Court here, asking it to stop Pakistani authorities from taking any “adverse action” against him under pressure from the U.S. and provide security to him as his life was “not safe”... (Continue reading)
Washington:After a gap of nearly six years, the U.S. and India would hold their first political-military dialogue in New Delhi next week during, which the two countries are expected to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues. Assistant Secretary of State... (Continue reading)
Washington: The Obama administration on Friday said it announced a bounty of $10 million on Hafiz Saeed to bring him to justice as it was convinced that the LeT founder had played a key role in the 2008 Mumbai terror... (Continue reading)
Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory on Monday in Myanmar’s historic by-election, saying she hoped it would mark the beginning of a new era for the long-repressed country. Ms. Suu Kyi spoke to thousands of cheering supporters who gathered outside... (Continue reading)
Jakrata: Indonesia’s parliament voted on Saturday to block the government’s plan to raise fuel prices by more than 30 per cent this weekend, but it allowed for a future price hike under certain conditions. The government was set to raise the... (Continue reading)
Paris: President Nicolas Sarkozy said police in cities around France have detained 19 people in a crackdown on suspected Islamist extremists. Mr. Sarkozy said on Europe-1 radio on Friday that weapons were seized in some of the raids, including AK-47 assault... (Continue reading)
Santiago:A magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook central Chile, two years after the region was devastated by another tremor and tsunami, the U.S. Geological Survey in Washington said. There were no immediate reports of major damage although Sunday’s quake disrupted the area’s telephone service. Thousands... (Continue reading)
Washington:An estimated 2,40,000 Indian immigrants are among 11.5 million foreigners living illegally in the United States without proper immigration documents, according to latest official figures. The flow of Indians coming clandestinely to the U.S. has, in fact, doubled between 2000 and... (Continue reading)