North America

WASHINGTON: The 56-year-old Jeh Johnson has been nominated by the US President Barack Obama as the next secretary of Homeland Security.In a statement, Obama...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday that Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with the United States.In a statement before his...

GENEVA: A new round of talks between Iran and the United States‚ Russia‚ China‚ France‚ Britain and Germany on Tehran’s nuclear energy program began...

WASHINGTON: The US National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal email and instant messaging accounts belonging to...

KABUL: The Taliban leader Mullah Omar has said that his followers will continue fighting with more momentum if Kabul signed a security deal with...

CHENNAI: India has seized a US ship and arrested all its 35 crew members on board after they failed to produce the necessary documents...

ISLAMABAD: US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan James Dobbins called on Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj...

WASHINGTON: The US National Security Agency (NSA) has been authorized to continue its secret collection of phone records of all citizens of the country.The...

PYONGYANG: North Korea has urged the United States to stop military drills, with a warning that it may carry out retaliatory strikes if the...

WASHINGTON: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot on a school bus by the Taliban last October for campaigning on the education of...