Tag: US
Karzai welcomes US pullout schedule
US President Barrack Obama’s announcement regarding the troop pullout from Afghanistan led to wide ranging uncertainty amongst the Afghans, as a majority of them...
US, Mexico win to set up Gold Cup final
The United States reached their fourth consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cup final thanks to a Clint Dempsey goal which secured a 1-0 win for the...
Britain involved in Taliban talks: Hague
Britain is involved in talks with the Taliban, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday, days after the United States revealed it was in negotiations...
Haqqani asks US to deal with anti-Americanism
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani has said that the US is currently not very popular among the Pakistanis, as he asked...
US Senate confirms Panetta as Pentagon chief
The US Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to confirm outgoing Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta as the new secretary of defense, replacing the...
US official in Sanaa, al Qaeda militants escape prison
A senior US official is holding talks on Wednesday with government officials in Yemen, which is teetering on the brink of civil war over...
US, Afghanistan to weather diplomatic storm
The Obama administration’s ties with Afghan President Hamid Karzai remain solid despite an unusual public rebuke from the US envoy to Kabul this weekend,...
US, Afghanistan to weather diplomatic storm
The Obama administration’s ties with Afghan President Hamid Karzai remain solid despite an unusual public rebuke from the US envoy to Kabul this weekend,...
NATO says lost US drone helicopter in Libya
NATO said it lost radar contact with a drone helicopter conducting a reconnaissance flight over Libya on Tuesday, denying a Libyan television report that...
US, Panama reach Gold Cup semi-finals
Panama booked their CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final berth in dramatic style Sunday, beating El Salvador 5-3 on penalties after Luis Tejada equalized in the...
Dominant McIlroy wins US Open title
Rory McIlroy captured his first major golf title in historic fashion on Sunday, turning the final round of the 111th US Open into a...
US ambassador warns Karzai over criticism of West
The US ambassador to Kabul has issued a thinly veiled warning to Afghan President Hamid Karzai that harsh criticisms of the West could jeopardise...
US stocks mixed as Dow ends six-week slide
US stocks were mixed over the past week, with the Dow Jones industrials posting its first weekly gain since late April amid hopes Europe...
US allegation delays joint intel teams’ formation
The American allegations against Pakistan of tipping off Taliban militants before imminent military raids have delayed the formation of the Pak-US joint intelligence teams...
McIlroy on the verge of history at US Open
Rory McIlroy awoke Sunday on the verge of a historic US Open triumph, with only the greatest last-round collapse ever seen in golf standing...
Weakened Qaeda may speed US withdrawal: NYT
Drone strikes and covert operations have weakened Afghanistan's al Qaeda network and could justify a White House decision to withdraw troops quicker than planned,...
‘Mullah Omar key for US in Afghan talks’
The US may be in talks with the Taliban but its key challenge will be reaching out to the militants' elusive, one-eyed leader Mullah...
