A survey says that more than half of Americans dread the rise of Islamic extremism. The survey was done after the shoot-out at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas this month.
In the worst-ever shooting at any US army base, Major Nidal Malik Hassan, an Army Psychiatrist, allegedly shot down 12 fellow ...

US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak have urged North Korea to return to nuclear talks.
Obama said he planned to send his special envoy to North Korea on December 8 in a bid to resume multinational talks to conclude Pyongyang's nuclear weapons ...

The US Senate has unveiled a health care reform bill that has cost almost $900 billion approximately.
 
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid addressed a press conference on Wednesday that the overhaul health care reform bill would enhance health insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans, ...

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday that the visit of US President Barack Obama to China has far-reaching significance.
 
"It is my sincere hope that your current visit will lift the comprehensive and cooperative China-US relations to a new level”, said Wen to Obama ...

US President Barack Obama who met his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao today has vowed for a "positive, cooperative and comprehensive" relationship with China.
 
"The relationship between our two nations goes far beyond any single issue”, said Obama after he appeared with ...

Career diplomat Scott H. DeLisi has been named as the new US envoy to Nepal by the US President Barack Obama. He had earlier been the US ambassador to Eritrea and ex-vice counsel in India.
 
DeLisi had been currently holding the post of the director at the career development and assignments ...

US president Barack Obama met his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing today, with their discussions focussing more on economic strains between the two nations. “We believe strong dialogue is important not only for the U.S. and China but for the rest of the ...

The President of United States Barack Obama has mentioned on Monday that the nation is still facing threats from terrorist networks similar to Al Qaeda.
 
"I continue to believe that the greatest threats to the United States' security are the terrorist networks like al Qaeda," said ...

US President Barack Obama, while citing that the US would not restrict China’s growth, has hailed the China as a "strong and prosperous and successful member of the community of nations".
 
These remarks came from Obama while addressing the Chinese youth at Shanghai Science ...

A report in the Los Angeles Times has mentioned that the Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has been paid millions of dollars by the CIA, "accounting for as much as one-third of the foreign spy agency's annual budget".
 
The ISI also collected "tens of millions of dollars ...

It looks like the attempts made by the US President Barack Obama and the ASEAN leaders to convince Myanmar for releasing Aung San Suu Kyi have not been successful. Obama had urged Myanmar to release the opposition leader while he met the Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein during the ASEAN meet on ...

US has disclosed its willingness for engaging in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade accord, which is the first step towards the development of a region-wide free trade agreement with the Asia-Pacific.
 
US President Barack Obama, who is currently in Japan, disclosed this, said the US ...

US President Barack Obama has mentioned that US is looking forward for "pragmatic cooperation" with China, and has lauded China’s emergent role and responsibility on the world stage.
 
At the same time, he sought to calm worries that Washington's "deeper relationships ...

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the Sep 11, 2001, terror attacks, and four other men accused in the plot will be prosecuted in a civilian court in New York City, Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Friday.
 
All the five - Mohammed, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid ...

US President Barack Obama mentioned of Friday the alliance between Japan and the US will endure for a predictable future of East Asia.
 
"I began my trip here in Tokyo because the US-Japan alliance is a foundation for peace and prosperity throughout East Asia," Obama said at a news ...

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who shot down 13 people at Fort Hood military base, had financial link with Pakistan. This information was disclosed by a US lawmaker and he has urged the investigators to probe into this scenario.
 
Media reports quoted Michael McCaul, top Republican on the Homeland ...

According to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, there are lesser chances for a legally-binding treaty to be finalized at the global climate change talks slated to take place in Copenhagen in December, adding that she expects for the development of a strong framework at the meeting. ...

The US President Barack Obama, who is in Japan, along with Japanese Premier Yukio Hatoyama has given the warning to Iran and North Korea against their pursuit of nuclear programmes.
 
A declaration was issued after their meeting in Tokyo, which stated that the nuclear exercises of these ...

The United States has indicated that it will not be signatory to any treaty in Copenhagen, before it gets approval from the Senate.
 
This was indicated by US Energy Secretary Steven Chu during an interaction at the Indian Institute of Technology on Friday.
 
"We do not want to ...

US President Barack Obama has given orders for reviewing the way the information on Fort Hood killings have been handled by the intelligence agencies, with the accused Maj Nidal Malik Hasan being charged with 13 counts of calculated murder.
 
This decision has been adopted by Obama after it ...

Retired boxer Mike Tyson has been arrested after he punched a photographer at the Los Angeles airport.
 
People.com reports that the 43-year-old boxing legend was on the way to Las Vegas when a celebrity photographer began snapping his photo at the United Airlines terminal.

"The two ...

The Chicago court which was hearing the David Headley case has given a deadline of sixty days for FBI to finish the investigations and for filing an indictment into the foiled terror plot in India and Denmark by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist group.
 
The deadline for the ...

A media report has stated that the officials probing into the Fort Hood shooting incident have discovered that Nidal Malik Hasan had "more unexplained connections to people being tracked by the FBI" than with just the radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki.
 
The senior official disclosed ...

Taliban has warned US to prepare itself for attacks similar to Fort Hood shootings in future, if it does not stop interfering in Afghanistan and Iraq. Taliban has also hailed the US Army psychiatrist who executed the mass shooting as “hero”.
 
The SITE Intelligence Group, which ...

US, while citing that India and China are two vital powers of the Asia Pacific region, has said that it considers both the nations as partners for tackling the regional as well as global issues.
 
“As you look at the Asia Pacific region, two significant powers in the region, with China ...

The US has assured Pakistan that it has no intention of seizing Pakistan's nuclear weapons or material, saying it has confidence in Islamabad's ability to provide adequate security to its nuclear programmes.
 
"The US has no intention of seizing Pakistani nuclear weapons or ...

The US House of Representatives passed a major health reform bill intended at cutting costs and extending coverage to Americans who lack insurance.
 
The House vote gave the biggest victory yet for President Barack Obama's top domestic priority and came after months of squabbling in Congress ...

At least one person was killed and five others injured in a shooting on Friday at a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida in the US.
 
According to police, the suspect, Jason Rodriguez, opened fire in the morning at the offices of his former employer in downtown Orlando. Rodriguez ...

A US Army officer opened fire on a base in Texas Thursday, killing 11 people before being shot to death by the police. Two other soldiers were in custody, authorities said.
 
An additional 31 people were wounded in the rampage at Fort Hood and were being treated in a nearby hospital, ...

Admiral Mike Mullen, while urging for a sustained relationship with Pakistan, cited that Islamabad was "very concerned about India. That's not going to go away overnight”.  Admiral Mike Mullen is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the US.
 
Mullen, who was ...