Tag: US
Biden tells China: US will never default on debt
US Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that the world's biggest economy would never default on its debts, during a visit aimed at boosting...
US condemns Jamrud mosque attack
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday said the United States strongly condemned Friday’s suicide attack at a mosque in Jamrud that killed...
US troops may stay in Afghanistan until 2024: report
Washington and Kabul are close to signing a strategic pact which would allow thousands of US troops to remain in Afghanistan until at least...
Iran sentences US hikers to eight years for spying
Iran has sentenced two American hikers detained in the Islamic republic to eight years in prison on charges of “illegal entry” and “espionage,” the...
Biden seeks to reassure China on US debt
US Vice President Joe Biden on Friday said China had "nothing to worry about" concerning the safety of its vast holdings of Treasury debt,...
North Korea, US to discuss recovery of war dead
North Korea made a conciliatory gesture towards the United States Friday, agreeing after a six-year hiatus to resume talks on recovering the remains of...
US considering to assist in Diamer-Bhasha dam construction
The United States is considering a Pakistani request to the international community to support the construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam.
Replying to a question, a state...
US calls Al-Qaeda ‘pre-eminent terrorist threat’
The US government said Thursday that Al-Qaeda remained the "most pre-eminent terrorist threat" to the United States, especially with its "cooperation" with militants in...
Jihadist urges murder of US show host
A jihadist has called on Muslims to murder David Letterman, saying the US talk show host deserved to have his tongue cut out after...
US funded improvements help boost mango exports
Representatives of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) joined local government officials and mango farmers to inaugurate a new mango processing facility at...
India points finger at US over protests
A spokesman for India’s ruling party has suggested the United States might have a role in the wave of anti-corruption protests posing a growing...
US freezes Syrian assets in new sanctions
US President Barack Obama on Thursday slapped new sanctions on Syria in an executive order that freezes all Syrian government assets and forbids investment...
Taliban target US base, kill 25
Bomb attacks killed 25 people in Afghanistan on Thursday, ripping through a minibus packed with civilians and targeting a US-run base in the east...
Police releases sketch of kidnapper of American national
Police on Thursday released sketch of alleged kidnapper who abducted the US citizen Warren Weinstein last week.
According to media reports sketch of one kidnapper...
2 killed in suicide truck bomb attack at US Afghan base
A suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb near the entrance of a heavily-guarded US-run base in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing two Afghan guards,...
Munter calls for swift recovery of US citizen
US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter on Wednesday met Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir separately and urged the swift...
Israel feeling US heat over Turkey crisis
Israel is coming under US pressure to apologise to Turkey over its 2010 commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine Turkish...
