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Sherry Rehman urges US to end drone attacks

WASHINGTON: Sherry Rehman, who resigned as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States after May 11 election, has asked Washington to end drone strikes in...

Indian sentenced to three years in US for human trafficking

Washington: An Indian has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment on charges of trafficking immigrants from India into the United States, the Department...

Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his...

Drone strike authorization policy doesn’t need to change: US Defense

WASHINGTON: A senior Defense Department official said Thursday that the Pentagon sees no need to change the broad congressional authorization under which the military...

Russian FSB arrested third secretary of the Political Section of the American Embassy under espionage charges. U.S. State Department confirms arrest

Moscow:  Russia’s counterintelligence agency claims it has caught a CIA officer trying to flip a Russian operative. The U.S. State Department confirmed the arrest of...

Sherry Rehman resigns as Ambassador to US

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Sherry Reham, has tendered resignation from his office today. She had replaced Hussain Haqqani in November 2011 after...

Sherry Rehman steps down as Pakistan envoy to US

Washington: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader, Sherry Rehman, has resigned as Pakistani ambassador to Washington with immediate effect mostly owing to the fact that...

Sun uncorks double-barreled blast

Washington, D.C:  As the solar cycle of sunspot activity reaches its peak, the sun's activity is expected to increase, seen in some recent outbursts....

17 injured in firing on Mother’s Day in US New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS: In the United States‚ 17 people have been wounded when gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mothe r's...

US President Obama vows to work with Pakistan as ‘equal partners’

Washington: President Barack Obama congratulated Pakistan Sunday on its parliamentary elections and said Washington was ready to work "as equal partners" with the government...

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