On the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington on Monday, American officials said the White House was considering keeping a force of 3,000 to 9,000 troops in Afghanistan after…
The White House and top Republicans have struck a dramatic deal to avert huge New Year tax increases and postpone automatic spending cuts that had threatened to send the US economy into…
Exasperated US lawmakers warned Thursday they were no closer to a deal with the White House to avert severe tax hikes and austerity measures, as talks threatened their Christmas break. With the…
US citizens in more than 40 states have filed petitions with the White House seeking to secede from the union, and by Wednesday, seven states had gathered enough signatures to qualify for…
White House has said that Al Qaeda, operating from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, were being defeated. “A decade of war in Afghanistan has delivered severe blows to the senior…
The White House on Friday ruled out any change in its withdrawal timeline from Afghanistan in view of escalating attacks, including the one today that killed three American soldiers in Helmand. “The…
White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Sunday held top-level talks in Israel about how to handle fears over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, on a visit aimed at burnishing his foreign policy credentials. “Like…
The White House has ruled out an apology to Islamabad for November 26 attacks by US aircraft that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, saying it is time that the two countries move ahead.…
Pakistan will soon reopen the ground lines of communication to Afghanistan, which were shut down by last November following the death of its 24 soldiers in a NATO cross border fire, the…
Defying the White House veto threat, the Republican-majority US House of Representatives has passed the $643 billion defense authorisation bill for 2013 that among other things calls for certain conditions for American…
White House hopeful Mitt Romney has promised to unite Republicans and defeat President Barack Obama in the “battle for the soul of America” as officials in Maine prepared to unveil the results…
The Taliban on Saturday strongly denied that their chief Mullah Omer had written any letter to the White House demanding immediate shifting of five former Taliban officials out of Guantanamo Bay military…
Eccentric pop diva Lady Gaga took her anti-bullying campaign to the White House on Tuesday where she was lauded as a source of strength for many young people who are scared at…
The bitterly divided US Senate late Thursday defeated a $35 billion item from President Barack Obama’s jobs plan, one aimed at helping states employ teachers, police, and emergency workers. Lawmakers voted 50-50…
The White House said in a briefing on Sunday that US President Barack Obama had never said some elements in the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) were helping al Qaeda. White House Spokesman Jay…
The US believes Pakistan’s cooperation remains vital to American national security even as it has issues at times with Islamabad, the White House said amid reports of improved counter-terrorism collaboration between the…
Libyan rebels will meet senior White House officials in Washington on Friday to seek cash and diplomatic legitimacy in their battle to topple Muammar Gaddafi. The United States, Britain and France say…
