US issues pint-sized drones in Afghanistan
14 Jun 2012 2:31 AM GMTUS military has issued to soldiers in Afghanistan pint-sized drones, small enough to be carried in backpacks, but used in battlefield in place of...
Gilani sees Obama motive in drone strike
12 Jun 2012 1:57 AM GMTPrime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that US President Barack Obama is using drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal regions for political motives,...
Clinton asks China, Russia to influence Syria
8 Jun 2012 1:37 AM GMTUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on China and Russia to use their influence on Damascus to stop the Syrian bloodshed, RIA Novosti...
Panetta talks of power shift
7 Jun 2012 1:06 AM GMTOn the two-day visit to New Delhi, the US defence secretary Leon Panetta told the Indian leadership that the US had finally decided to ‘put money...
Qaeda No. 2 killed?
6 Jun 2012 7:24 AM GMTAl-Qaeda's second in command Abu Yahya al-Libi was the main target of the US drone strike that killed 15 militants in Pakistan's northwest on Monday....
US envoy summoned on drone attacks
6 Jun 2012 1:17 AM GMTPakistan on Tuesday summoned the acting US ambassador and lodged a protest over continued CIA drone strikes in its tribal belt bordering Afghanistan,...
US adds 69,000 jobs, joblessness at 8.2%
2 Jun 2012 6:01 AM GMTThe US economy added a scant 69,000 jobs in May, the lowest number in a year, and the unemployment rate rose to 8.2 per cent, the government said on...
Beijing asks US to respect its interest
1 Jun 2012 4:14 AM GMTBeijing urged the United States on Thursday to respect its interests in the Asia Pacific, as US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta began a visit to the...
Seattle gunman kills five, self
1 Jun 2012 4:07 AM GMTA gunman killed five people in a shooting spree in Seattle before turning the weapon on himself as officers closed in, police said on Thursday. The...
US economy expands at a slow 1.9%
1 Jun 2012 3:54 AM GMTThe US economy grew at a slower than expected pace at 1.9 per cent in the first three months of 2012, primarily hit by lower private sector...
Neymar stars in Brazil's win over USA
31 May 2012 6:22 PM GMTBrazil play-maker Neymar scored one goal and set up two more to spark the five-time World Cup champions past the United States 4-1 in an...
White House wants Pak to release Afridi
31 May 2012 1:13 AM GMTThe White House has said that Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped CIA trace Osama bin Laden, was not working against Pakistan but al-Qaeda...
