A media report on Wednesday suggested that the US will be providing training to the police force of Punjab Province of Pakistan for combating the terrorist attacks.
 
The US embassy assistant legal attaché, Carol M. Sniegowski and Tariq Saleem Dogar, the Punjab Inspector General of ...

greenhouse-gas emissions, has said that he was confident a global climate treaty could be worked out by December's UN summit in Copenhagen.
 
During a White House meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, Obama said all ...

President Barack Obama has announced to end the rule banning foreigners with HIV or AIDS from entering the US. The President said on Friday that the ban will be lifted by early January.
 
The elimination of the 22-year-old rule is meant to put an end to the stigma of being infected with the ...

Despite India expressing concerns over US providing aids to Pakistan, George W. Bush, while talking at the HT Leadership Summit in Mumbai on Saturday, mentioned that India really wished that the US has "a friendship" with Pakistan.
 
"It is in India's interest that the US has ...

Former US president George W. Bush, taking a defensive stand on US attacking Iran, which led to much hostility against the US by the Muslim world, cited that the world was "much better off without Saddam Hussein". He has also urged the Muslims to curb the terrorists from spoiling ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is currently in Pakistan as a part of her three-day itinerary, has stressed that she believes that Al Qaeda exists in Pakistan and expressed her disbelief that the Pakistan government is unaware of its whereabouts.
 
“I find it hard to believe ...

US President Barack Obama has signed a $680 billion defence appropriations bill with one provision giving commanders the ability to pay Taliban members to switch sides, but some experts feel the programme may buy only temporary loyalty.
 
The payments to Taliban would be made under a ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday assured Pakistan full support in its struggle against terrorism, after a car bombing killed more than 100 people in the Islamic country's north-western region.
 
"These attacks on the innocent people are cowardly. They are not ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Pakistan today on a three-day itinerary. This visit is meant for giving a boost to the cooperation between the two nations as well as rendering help to Pakistan for its fight against Taliban.
 
Clinton began her first official visit ...

According to an influential US senator, a nuclear armed Pakistan with a fragile democracy and longstanding rivalry with India could "easily become the epicentre of extremism in the world”.
 
"Pakistan is not only the headquarters of Al Qaeda today, but it could easily become ...

China's second highest-ranking military officer offered assurances that Beijing's military build-up was entirely for peaceful purposes, at the start of a visit to the US.
 
Speaking at a Washington-based think-tank ahead of a private meeting with US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, General Xu ...

Beaten up by the global economic meltdown, the US has adopted the decision for calling upon the influential Association of Southeast Asian Nations next month for discussing the issues.
 
This "would mark a historic point in ASEAN-US Dialogue Relations", the ASEAN said at the end of ...

In a bid to avoid another furore in Pakistan over tough new conditions against diverting US military aid to confront India, a top US official suggested that the legislation puts no conditions on Islamabad, only "requirements" on Washington.
 
Splitting legal hair, US special envoy ...

Diplomats from Russia, France and the US have submitted their formal approvals of a deal to process Iran's nuclear fuel abroad.
 
It was not immediately clear when Iran would provide its answer to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, which has drafted the plan to ship ...

With the completion of the extradition pact with the US, the 27 justice ministers of European Union have mentioned that the pact will come into force from Feb 2010.
 
The ratification of the pact has been finalized along with the finalization of the mutual assistance deal during the talks ...

In a move welcomed by gays and lesbians, the US Senate has passed groundbreaking legislation making an assault on an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity a federal crime.
 
The measure expanding federal hate crimes law was added to a $680 billion defence ...

A new bill has been passed by the US Congress which sets tough new restrictions on the military aid provided by the US to Pakistan. It is also calls for the assurance Obama administration that the fund will not impact “balance of power in the region".
 
Defence Authorisation Bill ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has mentioned that US is maintaining a close scrutiny on the security threat posed for the nuclear arsenal of Pakistan from the militants.
 
She mentioned that US does not feel that the attacks which happened in Pakistan over the last weeks "pose a ...

The US government has given the approval for the security officers to keep their turbans as well as beards, while on duty also.
 
The reversal of a ban comes after a discrimination case filed by a Sikh security officer who was told that he could not keep his turban and beard on the job, Sikh ...

Pakistan has clearly told the US that NATO forces in Afghanistan must check the infiltration of the Taliban into South Waziristan, where the security forces are currently engaged in a major offensive against the militants.
 
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday conveyed the view during ...

US Senator John Kerry has mentioned that no changes will be made to the Kerry-Lugar bill, which provides monetary support to Pakistan.
 
As per the agreement, Islamabad is required to summit expenditure reports to the US. Washington wants it to ensure that the funds are used properly and for ...

US-led NATO forces vacated more than half a dozen security check posts on the Afghan side of the border just ahead of the major ground offensive launched by the Pakistani military against the Taliban in the volatile South Waziristan region, a media report said Monday.
 
"It is feared ...

According to reports from New York Times, the attempts of US for locating the funding sources of Taliban have not been successful.
 
The Taliban in Afghanistan are running a sophisticated financial network to pay for their insurgent operations, raising hundreds of millions of dollars from ...

The United States, while criticizing the suicide bombing on Iran on Sunday, mentioned that it is not involved in the attack.
 
According to the spokesperson of US State Department, Ian Kelly, “We condemn this act of terrorism and mourn the loss of innocent ...

The US Central Command chief, Gen David Petraeus, will be holding talks with Pakistani commanders on the anti-Taliban operation which was launched in South Waziristan on Saturday.
 
"The decision to send Gen Petraeus, who was treated for prostate cancer last week, shows the importance ...

According to sources from White House, Al-Qaeda is a Pakistan-based organization and the US administration would "not rush" for adopting a strategy against Afghanistan and Pakistan.
 
"This is where al-Qaida is based. Not just in Afghanistan, it's clear that they're based in ...

The unmanned air strikes by US forces in Pakistan have Al Qaeda fighters "on the run" and are preventing them from gaining access to nuclear weapons, a former senior British commander said Friday, while calling for more troops in Afghanistan.
 
In an interview with DPA, Colonel ...

Canadian authorities have shown the green signals for Sikhs to practise Kirpan during Winter Olympic Games which is slated to be held during February in Vancouver.
 
Burt the police have mentioned that the dagger used for the ritual should be less than 7.5 inches.
 
There are more ...

US President Barack Obama has signed the Kerry-Lugar Pakistan aid bill on Thursday without making any changes.
 
''As President Obama said on March 27, the United States wants to engage Pakistan on the basis of a strategic partnership, grounded in support for Pakistan's democratic ...

Sanctions have been placed on the Kurdish separatists’ chief, who is handling Northern Iraq by the United States on Wednesday. These sanctions have been placed on Murat Karayilan accusing him for trafficking drugs and narcotics.
 
The US Treasury Department sanctions against Karayilan ...