US President, Barack Obama, will be taking the charge of the UN Security Council session which is scheduled to be held next month.  This session will be discussion on nuclear disarmament, which is the first of such events to be held by the Security Council, which was formed for the maintenance ...

According to the CNN reports, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, who is a dominant figure in the Democratic Party, passed away late on Tuesday. The Senator was 77 years old.
 
Edward Kennedy was a member from one among the most famous political families of the United State of America. He entered ...

The US has decided to reveal the names of militants and terrorist suspects held in secret US military camps in Iraq and Afghanistan to the Red Cross, The New York Times reported.
The New York Times late Saturday said the change was signalled with no fanfare. The Red Cross, which has pushed for the ...

US President Barack Obama has kicked off his 10 day vacation as he wants to take a break from the debates regarding the health care reforms of US as well as other vital issues which are being handled by him.
 
According to sources from White House, Obama boarded a Marine helicopter from ...

US President, Barack Obama, has wished good luck to the Muslims around the globe on Friday, as they are all set to initiate the preparations for fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.
 
According to the US President, he still wishes to put the relations between the US and Muslim countries ...

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has requested the US to grant drone technology to Pakistan. He also demanded US to bring to an end the drone attacks inside Pakistan.
 
Gilani made the request during a meeting that was held with US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard ...

The commitment of Obama’s administration for renewing the engagement of US with UN has been welcomed by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon.
 
This was emphasized by the US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, as a part of the major foreign policy speech of the Obama Administration made ...

According to sources, Pakistan is looking for a civilian nuclear deal with the US so that it can surmount its energy needs as this cannot be avoided in future.
 
According to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Asif Ahmed Ali, Pakistan has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ...

The governor of Utah, Jon Huntsman, is now the ambassador of US to China.
 
The confirmation was made after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmed Huntsman's nomination on Tuesday.
 
The Senate has also confirmed the assigning of John Roos as new US ambassador to Japan. ...

Sonia Sotomayor made history as the Senate confirmed her to become America's first Hispanic Supreme Court judge. She was President Barack Obama's first nominee to the nation's apex court.
 
Sotomayor, who rose from the housing projects of the Bronx to the top of the legal profession, was ...

The U.S. has re-opened the applications for H-2B visas to fill temporary non-agricultural positions.
 
The congressionally mandated annual cap for H-2B visas sought by semi-skilled Indian workers is 66,000, and the government has issued only 40,640 this fiscal year, which ends Sep 30. ...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his US counterpart Barack Obama have agreed for a new strategic arms reduction pact by December.
 
In their telephone conversation on Tuesday, Medvedev and Obama agreed to give additional instructions to experts on intensifying work, to reach a ...

US former president Bill Clinton left North Korea on Wednesday morning with two American journalists, who had been detained since March in the communist country,
 
Bill Clinton spokesman Matt McKenna informed that the news from Korean Central News Agency caused confusion. ...

The Security forces have launched a major operation against the rebels.
 
“ At least 17 rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were killed when the security forces bombed one of their hideouts in the country's central Meta province”, officials ...

US President Barack Obama's will celebrate his 48th birthday in White House as he will be having lunch with Senate Democrats at the White House.
 
"Chuck E. Cheese was booked," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs joked during his daily White House press briefing on Monday. ...

Former action movie hero Arnold Schwarzenegger and footballer David Beckham will star together for a television commercial for promoting California amongst tourists.
 
The 34 year old Beckham will be shown playing football in the LA beach in the commercial. He has said that he feels honoured ...

Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State is scheduled to visit South Africa next week as part of her seven-nation tour of Africa.
 
Clinton’s tour is slated to start on Aug 5 when she arrives in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 8th US-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic ...

A memorandum on climate change and clean energy has been signed by US and China on Tuesday that sets out a path for improving cooperation between the world's two leading polluters.
 
But there were few details on what the "memorandum of understanding" entails. Government officials ...

US Special Middle East ambassador George Mitchell Monday called on Israel, the Palestinians and Arab states to take steps to promote a comprehensive peace in the Middle East, calling it one of President Barack Obama's "top priorities".
 
"We believe that a full, comprehensive ...

Top US and Chinese officials have launched a "Strategic and Economic Dialogue" on Monday for addressing the key issues ranging from their response to the global financial crisis, climate change and nuclear proliferation to threat from extremists.
 
President Barack Obama, Secretary ...

According to the US President, Barack Obama, the relations between the United States and China will be critical for the success of a whole host of global issues.
 
"The relationship between the United States and China will shape the 21st century," Obama said in Washington, urging ...

According to the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, Iran will never be able to achieve its goal of obtaining a nuclear weapon. She said: "Your pursuit is futile."
 
"What we want to do is to send a message to whoever is making these decisions, that if you're pursuing ...

Hillary Clinton says that she is now convinced that her boss and one time rival President Barack Obama is actually very international savvy and tough and is doing an incredible job.
 
"Those were appropriate issues to raise in the campaign," said Clinton who had questioned Barack ...

Sarah Palin, the former Republican US vice-presidential candidate, has left unclear her future political plans on Sunday as she formally ended her tenure as governor of the state of Alaska.
 
Palin, 45, gave a shock to the political spectators earlier this month when she announced that she ...

Barack Obama, the US President, is seeking to put off a raging racial flame with an expression of regret for saying that police had "acted stupidly" in arresting a black scholar and an offer to patch up with beer at the White House.
 
"Because this has been ratcheting up and I ...

The UN and the African Union have named a Rwandan lieutenant-general to head the joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur in western Sudan, officials said on Friday.
 
Lt. Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba, 42, will serve as the military head of the mission from Sep 1, UN officials said.
 
UN ...

The US law enforcement and intelligence agencies have plans to conduct a massive anti-terrorism exercise in the country in collaboration with four other nations.
 
All the security officials in the country will participate in the five-day exercise that will begin on Monday. ...

The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, told that US has transferred 200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority to help it fill a serious budget shortfall.
 
The money is part of a $900-million aid pledge to the Palestinians made by Clinton at an Arab summit earlier this year. ...

Admiral Mullen, the top most US military official said that Pakistan's spy agency, ISI, has been "fomenting chaos" in Kashmir and advised Islamabad to restrain it.
 
"I believe that in the long run the ISI has to change its strategic thrust which has been to foment chaotic ...

According to US Vice President, Joe Biden, the US considers Georgia as a vital strategic partner and will continue to safeguard its security. He also added that the US will work for developing the Georgian economic and diplomatic reform.
 
He told that the US will be continuing to cooperate ...