Tag: USA
Obama: US to boost military presence in Europe
WARSAW
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that the United States plans to boost its military presence in Europe as tensions simmer in the region over...
CIA drone strike program in Pakistan winding down: report
WASHINGTON-
Just after midnight last Christmas, Pakistani officials say, two Hellfire missiles from a U.S. drone slammed into a house in Miranshah, Pakistan, killing four...
Pakistani on trial in US for killing wife over lentils
Noor Hussain, 75, subjected his wife Nazar Hussain, 66, to years of abuse at their Brooklyn home
A US court was shown photographs Tuesday of...
Afghan Taliban say US’s plan of troop withdrawal is ‘continued occupation’
KABUL-
The Taliban on Wednesday condemned President Barack Obama’s announcement that US troops would stay in Afghanistan until the end of 2016.
“Now that Obama has...
China confronts U.S. envoy over cyber-spying accusations
BEIJING-
China summoned the U.S. ambassador the United States accused five Chinese military officers of hacking into American companies to steal trade secrets, warning Washington...
Abu Hamza convicted of terrorism in NY trial
NEW YORK-
Jurors in the New York trial of British hate preacher Abu Hamza on Monday found him guilty of kidnapping and terrorism offenses.
The former...
This year’s first drone strike kills 10 suspected militants at Pak-Afghan...
Ten suspected terrorists were killed when an unmanned aircraft fired missiles in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area on Wednesday, a private news channel reported.
According to...
Cyber experts warn Iranian hackers becoming more aggressive against US
WASHINGTON-
Iranian hackers have become increasingly aggressive and sophisticated, moving from disrupting and defacing U.S. websites to engaging in cyber espionage, security experts say.
According to...
Afia Siddqui sues US feds over murder conviction
NEW YORK-
Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was found guilty of trying to kill Americans while being detained in Afghanistan slapped the feds with a lawsuit...
Venezuelan president calls US sanctions a stupid idea
CARACAS-
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has reacted furiously to calls in the United States for punitive measures against his government for alleged rights abuses in...
Michelle Obama gives weekly address on Nigerian girls
WASHINGTON-
Michelle Obama on Saturday criticized the kidnapping of scores of Nigerian schoolgirls as an "unconscionable act" carried out by a terrorist group she said...
North Korea’s state agency turns racist against Obama
SEOUL-
After bombarding South Korea's female president with sexist invectives, North Korea's state news agency has fired off racist insults against President Barack Obama that...
Scientists still working to ID victims from 9/11
NEW YORK-
Thousands of vacuum-sealed plastic pouches filled with bits of bone rest in a Manhattan laboratory. These are the last unidentified fragments of the...
Detained FBI agent to remain under detention: officials
ISLAMABAD-
An agent of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested by Pakistani security officials at Jinnah International Airport remains under detention on anti-terrorism charges, Pakistani...
Iran naval chief warns to attack US ships in case of...
TEHRAN
Iran will target American aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf should a war between the two countries ever break out, the naval chief of...
U.S. military sexual assault reports jumped 50 percent last year
WASHINGTON-
Reported sexual assaults in the U.S. military jumped 50 percent last year, the Pentagon said on Thursday, and officials welcomed the spike as a...
As US draws down, Afghan opium production thrives
MARJAH-
Pink-and-white poppy blooms stretch toward the horizon in this field in southern Afghanistan as labourers slice open the green bulbs swollen with raw opium,...
