At least four suspected militants were killed in drone attacks in northwest Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region on Monday, media sources reported. The attacks occurred in North Waziristan’s Dattakhel area. “A US…
The White House and the State Department welcomed on Tuesday a decision to open a Taliban political office in Qatar, saying that it would provide an address for negotiations with…
The chief of Pakistan’s defence committee says Washington put on hold US drone strikes after the deadly November raid along the Afghan border so as not to ”worsen” the already…
The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait Sunday, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein, and just as the oil-rich country grapples with…
Congress would impose restrictions on aid to Egypt, Pakistan and the Palestinian Authority in a $53.3 billion bill that avoids the deep cuts in foreign assistance and State Department funding…
American businessman Mansoor Ijaz said on Saturday that former US national security adviser James Jones’s information pertaining to Husain Haqqani’s role in the memo affair was incorrect,media sources reported. In…
Former US national security adviser James Logan Jones gave a new twist to the memo controversy on Friday when he said he did not consider the letter sent by Mansoor…
Canada’s immigration minister announced Monday a ban on wearing face coverings such as burka and niqab veils when taking a citizenship oath. “Starting today, any individual will have to show…
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has stated that it was difficult to win the war in Afghanistan without Pakistan’s assistance, media sources reported. Panetta further said he was confident that the rift…
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Mexico’s western Guerrero state on Saturday night, shaking buildings and causing panic in the nation’s capital and the Pacific resort of Acapulco. Officials said at…