Tag: US
US suspends work of aid groups in Gaza Strip
The United States has suspended operations of the aid organizations it funds in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip because the Islamist group had demanded confidential...
U.S. citizen kidnapped from Lahore: police
An American citizen was kidnapped from his residence in Model Town Lahore on Saturday, police said.
Police identified the man as "J.E. Warner", who they...
U.S., Afghan presidents discuss security responsibility transitions
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai discussed progress in handing over security responsibility towards a full Afghan lead in 2014.
The...
Clijsters in US Open doubt
Two-time defending US Open champion Kim Clijsters was looking doubtful for the season’s final Grand Slam event on Thursday after the world number two...
US confronted Italy about ‘payments to Taliban’: WikiLeaks
Diplomatic cables showed the United States confronted Italy about claims it paid Taliban not to attack its troops in Afghanistan, noting it suffered fewer...
Pak-US counter-terrorism cooperation to continue: US
United States would continue counter-terrorism cooperation with Pakistan, US State Department said.
During the daily press briefing, state department's Spokesman Victoria Nuland said that both...
US Embassy condemns brutal attacks in Peshawar
The United States Embassy on Thursday condemned IED (improvised explosive device) attack and a separate suicide bomb attack in Peshawar, says a press statement....
Taliban says fighters who downed US chopper alive
The Taliban denied Thursday that the fighters responsible for downing a US helicopter, killing 38 people, had been killed.
The comments came after General John...
President wants no confrontation with US
President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday discussed with Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Islamabad’s plan for averting a...
Russia draws up tit-for-tat US visa bans
Russia has drawn up a list of U.S. officials to be barred from entering the country in response to U.S. visa restrictions imposed on...
Body of missing US diver found 17 years later
The remarkably well-preserved body of a scuba diver who vanished in Lake Tahoe 17 years ago has been found on a ledge deep in...
4 US diplomats denied entry into Peshawar
Four officials from US Embassy, Islamabad were sent back to Islamabad when they tried to enter in Peshawar city without holding NOC and complete...
US rating downgrade and its impact on Pakistan
The shock waves of US credit rating downgrade have touched all global markets. Majority of the equity markets have already entered the bear zone,...
S&P defends US downgrade; Moody’s says US still AAA
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's, still under fire for downgrading the United States late last week, Monday restated the reasons for its decision while...
Pakistani art makes US debut
An exhibit of rare Buddhist sculptures, architectural reliefs and works of gold and bronze is opening at the Asia Society Museum on Tuesday after...
‘Silver lining’ of the US debt crisis
As the US is grappling with what the Chinese newspaper has termed as “immoral debt”, the price of gold and silver is increasing as...
US court allows torture lawsuit against Rumsfeld
Two American men can go ahead with a civil lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a U.S. appeals court said on Monday, over...