North America

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has asked the United States and Israel to clarify the legal basis for...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Thursday called off joint US-Egypt military drills which had been scheduled to take place next month to protest...

BRASILIA: Brazil may go to the United Nations over a controversial US spying program on its citizens, Brazilian Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said.The minister...

BRASILIA: Brazil may cancel a deal worth more than US$4 billion to purchase dozens of military planes from the US after it was revealed...

JERUSALEM: Israel's announcement of plans to expand Jewish settlements on Palestinian lands has clouded the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks scheduled to begin on Wednesday.The United...

MOSCOW: Pakistan, alongside the Russia, EU, China and Iran, are on top of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) spying priority list, a document leaked...

Moscow:  The father of Edward Snowden - Lon Snowden – is hopeful that his son will be able to return to the US someday...

MOSCOW: Russia has said that it is disappointment by US President Barack Obama's decision to cancel a planned visit to Moscow in early September...

WASHINGTON: The United States has expressed concerned over Line of Control (LoC) tension between Pakistan and India.During a daily press briefing, US State Department...

WASHINGTON: The United States has acknowledged for the first time Pakistan's concerns over India's presence in Afghanistan.In an exclusive interview with BBC Urdu Service...