Washington, Nov 21 (DPA) The US sees the decision by Honduras' disputed de-facto leader Roberto Micheletti to step down during elections as a "positive step," a senior US State Department official said. The ...

Kathmandu, Nov 17 (IANS) American President Barack Obama has named a former US ambassador to Eritrea and ex-vice counsel in India as the new ambassador to Nepal. Scott H. DeLisi, a career ...

Washington, Nov.14 (ANI): The US State Department has said it has no specific concern about nuclear proliferation from Pakistan. "We don't have any specific concerns about proliferation per se specifically from Pakistan. ...

Tehran/Berlin, Nov 10 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday called for Iran to immediately release three US hikers charged with espionage after four months of detention in Tehran. Shane Bauer, ...

Seoul, Nov 9 (IANS) The US and North Korea will hold talks in December, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday citing a senior official here. "The bilateral meeting appears most ...

Colombo, Nov 5 (DPA) General Sarath Fonseka, who was Sri Lanka's army commander when it defeated Tamil separatist rebels in May, returned home from US Thursday without being questioned by US authorities ...

Milan, Nov 5 (DPA) A Milan court Wednesday sentenced 23 US citizens, most of them believed to work for the CIA, to multi-year prison terms for the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric ...

Colombo, Nov 4 (DPA) General Sarath Fonseka, who was Sri Lanka's army commander when it defeated Tamil rebels in May, left the US without being questioned by US authorities about the final ...

Peshawar, Nov.4 (ANI): A former Pakistan Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Javed Ibrahim Paracha, who is known for having a good contact with the Taliban leadership, has said that the ...

Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) Former US President George Bush Sunday made a point to stay at the terror-hit Taj Mahal Tower & Palace Hotel here to express his solidarity with the ...

Washington, Nov.1 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's tough talk over Pakistan's 'ambivalence' over taking the fight to the enemy, and her 'disbelief' over its lack of knowledge over Al-Qaeda ...

Washington, OCt 31 (DPA) The US called on Iran Friday to immediately release three Americans who were arrested in July after they wandered into Iran while hiking in Iraq. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd ...

Vienna/Tehran, Oct 30 (DPA) Iran delivered its reply to a planned nuclear fuel deal Thursday, but demanded amendments to the proposal designed to reduce Iran's enriched uranium stock and build confidence in ...

Toronto, Oct. 29 (ANI): The American approach to "defend the cities" in Afghanistan and let the Taliban control the rural areas appears to be more of a delaying-the-defeat tactic than a ...

Colombo, Oct 27 (IANS) Sri Lanka will appoint a committee to probe into the allegations made by the US State Department of alleged "atrocities" by its troops during the final battle against ...

Washington, Oct.25 (ANI): The US State Department has clarified that former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's meeting with some officials of the Obama Administration has 'no significance'. Addressing a media briefing here, US ...

Washington, Oct. 23 (ANI): Sri Lanka has come down heavily on a US State Department report claiming human rights violations by that country's military during the war against Tamil Tigers, saying the ...

Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan), Oct. 20 (ANI): The United States may have been very proactive about the Waziristan offensive, but the Pakistani military seems to be defying Washington by striking a ...

Washington, Oct.17 (ANI): The Pentagon has said that is it keeping a close watch on Pakistan's current situation, where the recent spate of terror attacks, particularly on security installations, has raised ...

London, Oct 15 (IANS) The US is hoping to get a commitment from India to fight global warming, the Guardian newspaper reported Thursday. The Obama administration is hoping to win these new ...

Moscow, Oct 8 (RIA Novosti) Russia believes that a new strategic arms reduction deal with the US should be signed before cuts in tactical nuclear weapons are discussed, the foreign ministry said ...

Islamabad, Oct 8 (DPA) Pakistan's army Wednesday expressed "serious concern" over a US financial aid package that critics say has conditions that compromise the sovereignty of the Muslim country. The US Congress ...

Islamabad, Oct. 3 (ANI): Pakistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Malik Ammad Khan has assured senators that drone strikes won't be allowed in Balochistan. Replying to senators' concerns about the possibility of drone ...

New Delhi, Oct.1 (ANI): The Indian Government has finally responded to a call for justice by former Indian Navy captain Subbarao Buddhi for his son Vikram who has been languishing in jail ...

By Arvind Padmanabhan New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday returned from the G20 Summit at Pittsburgh with some major gains at hand that are making the rich nations ...

Tegucigalpa, Sep 22 (EFE) The de facto Honduran government imposed a nationwide curfew following the return of ousted President Mel Zelaya. The government's decision was televised while hundreds of Zelaya's supporters gathered outside ...

New York, Sep 22 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday met foreign ministers from Japan, South Korea and Australia to weigh action on North Korea's nuclear programme and Tokyo's ...

Moscow, Sep 21 (RIA Novosti) For the first time, in talks on a new nuclear arms reduction deal, Moscow and Washington would be discussing concrete provisions for reaching an agreement to ...

Washington, Sep 19 (DPA) The United States' top climate official said there had been a "narrowing of differences" after a meeting of the world's 17 top polluters that are critical to reaching ...

New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Days after the US State Department issued a travel advisory, Israel has asked its citizens to be vigilant during their stay in India as it warned of ...