Tag: US

Nadal leads player revolt as chaos grips US Open

Rafael Nadal claimed players' safety was being put at risk by cash-conscious US Open chiefs trying to rescue the rain-hit event which suffered a...

US may get Mauritani’s custody

Pakistan is likely to hand over senior al Qaeda leader Younis al-Mauritani, who was arrested a few days ago from Quetta, to the United...

Lil Wayne back at US album chart No 1 spot

Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter IV’ has sold almost a million copies in its first week of release, making him return to the top of...

US and Pakistan ‘frozen’ in mistrust

Relations between Washington and Islamabad are “frozen” in a mutual distrust over the “unauthorised” raid by US Navy Seals which killed Osama bin Laden...

Differences with US on UN bid persist: Palestine

The differences with Washington over the UN bid are “still wide,” a senior Palestinian official said on Wednesday after talks with US envoys in...

Pakistan drone war, Obama’s poll ploy: Gareth Porter

US President Barack Obama is following the drone war in Pakistan as an "election campaign strategy" for next year's presidential race in the United States,...

US Open washout leaves Rafa, Murray in limbo

Defending champion Rafael Nadal and world number four Andy Murray were among the stars left in limbo Tuesday as rain washed out all play...

4 killed, 7 hurt in US guardsmen shooting

The US state of Nevada reeled in shock Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on a group of National Guardsmen having breakfast at a...

US heartened by Pakistan capture of Qaeda figure: Panetta

Pakistan’s capture of a senior al Qaeda figure is an “encouraging” sign that Islamabad is ready to bolster its cooperation with US counter-terrorism efforts,...

US VIP delegation visits irked top govt officials: WikiLeaks

A US diplomatic cable sent to Washington on December 15, 2009 and recently released by WikiLeaks indicated that frequent visits of US VIP delegations...

Wozniacki survives scare, Serena eyes US Open title

World number one Caroline Wozniacki came back from a set and 4-1 down to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova and reach the US Open last eight...

US asked Pakistan to dismantle terror infrastructure, take action against...

In the aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, the US had categorically told Pakistan to dismantle terror infrastructure on its soil and take...

US civilian found killed in Kabul: security sources

An American civilian engineer has been found murdered in Kabul, Afghan and Western security sources told AFP. "An American national has been found dead in...

Wozniacki in US Open escape, Serena eyes title

World number one Caroline Wozniacki came back from a set and 4-1 down to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova and reach the US Open last eight...

Djokovic in all-Serb clash, Federer, Tsonga through

World number one Novak Djokovic set up an all-Serbian quarter-final at the US Open on Monday, while Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advanced to...

Obama, Republicans battered in new US poll

A new poll Tuesday found Americans are increasingly frustrated with both US President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals over the stalled US economic...

South Korea nuclear envoy to travel to US

South Korea's chief nuclear envoy will visit the United States this week, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, after North Korea's latest announcement that it...