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US warns its citizens to defer all non-essential travel to PakistanSubscriber Only

February 6, 2014 12:26 IST

Threat reporting indicates terrorist groups continue to seek opportunities to attack locations where US citizens are known to congregate or visit.

Osama Bin Laden relative seeks interview for NY trialSubscriber Only

February 5, 2014 13:57 IST

Abu Ghaith is set for trial this month on charges that he conspired to kill Americans after the September 11 attacks.

Coca-Cola’s multilingual ad with Hindi stirs up ‘race’ storm, gets thumbs up from LGBT communitySubscriber Only

February 5, 2014 13:04 IST

Ad shows US diversity with different communities singing ‘America the Beautiful’ in 7 languages, including Hindi.

‘US lost critical foreign intel sources due to Edward Snowden leaks’Subscriber Only

February 5, 2014 10:35 IST

Defense Intelligence Agency Director Michael Flynn told that Snowden could be under Russian influence.

"We are primed to bring back more of the good jobs claimed by the recession, and lost to overseas competition in recent decades," Obama said. (AP)

Obama meets war commanders over troops uncertainty in AfghanistanSubscriber Only

February 5, 2014 09:41 IST

President Barack Obama has met top Afghanistan war advisors amid uncertainty about the presence of US troops.

Karzai secretly in touch with the Taliban: reportSubscriber Only

February 4, 2014 15:29 IST

Despite Karzai's secret contact with the Taliban, top Afghan officials were informed that any prospect of a peace deal were now gone.

US denies Kerry favoured arming Syrian rebelsSubscriber Only

February 4, 2014 12:30 IST

Denying that Kerry had called to arm Syrian rebels, the US said it wants a negotiated political settlement.

America’s missile dudSubscriber Only

February 4, 2014 00:06 IST

A scandal reveals cheating a fact of life among US nuclear launch officers.

In 2007, Bloomberg had addressed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Indonesia. (AP)

Michael Bloomberg named UN Chief’s special envoy for climate changeSubscriber Only

February 1, 2014 15:14 IST

Bloomberg, who left office as Mayor after 12 years in the job, currently serves as the President of the Board of the C40 Climate Leadership Group.

US warships off to Black Sea before Olympics beginSubscriber Only

February 1, 2014 10:41 IST

The first of two American warships heading into the Black Sea in advance of the Olympic Games has sailed from Italy.

Obama hints at easing stance on US immigration legislationSubscriber Only

February 1, 2014 10:35 IST

Obama said he would have to evaluate the implications of a process to allow people get legal status.

Indian-origin parents held for toddler death in USSubscriber Only

February 1, 2014 18:44 IST

The staff reported that the boy’s skull had been severely fractured while doctors told police that the injuries were life-threatening.

US to seek death penalty for accused Boston bomberSubscriber Only

February 1, 2014 18:49 IST

Tamerlan died after an exchange of fire with police while Dzhokhar was wounded.

Amanda Knox during a TV interview in New York Friday.

Knox stunned by verdict, will fight convictionSubscriber Only

February 1, 2014 16:54 IST

Sollecito was picked up by police in the town of Venzone near the Austrian border where he was reportedly staying with his girlfriend.

Nitin Nohria said he would meet with HBS faculty to discuss the objective.

Harvard dean Nohria sorry for gender bias on campusSubscriber Only

February 1, 2014 18:42 IST

Nohria said a record 41 per cent of this year’s entering class of MBAs were women.

In this Friday, April 19, 2013 Massachusetts State Police file photo, 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, bloody and disheveled with the red dot of a sniper's rifle laser sight on his head, emerges from a boat at the time of his capture by law enforcement authorities in Watertown.

Boston Marathon victims not surprised that accused bomber could face deathSubscriber Only

January 31, 2014 13:36 IST

The twin blasts last April killed three people and wounded more than 260.

Amanda Knox’s murder conviction reinstatedSubscriber Only

January 31, 2014 15:42 IST

The first trial court found Knox and Sollecito guilty of murder and sexual assault.

Umpire brawl stops play in KolkataSubscriber Only

January 31, 2014 05:30 IST

The incident started with one of the umpires giving a boundary off the bat, while the other was of the opinion it was a leg-bye.

Full Text: US President Barack Obama’s State of the Union AddressSubscriber Only

January 29, 2014 11:17 IST

After five years of grit and determined effort, the U.S. is better-positioned for the 21st century than any other nation on Earth, said Obama.

Barack Obama lays out go-it-alone approach in State of Union speechSubscriber Only

January 29, 2014 09:34 IST

Obama said he was driven to act by the widening gap between rich and poor and the fact that while the stock market has soared, average wages have barely budged.

83-year-old US nun to be sentenced for sabotageSubscriber Only

January 28, 2014 12:42 IST

The government has recommended sentences of about six to nine years each for Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed.

Benghazi attack my biggest regret: Hillary ClintonSubscriber Only

January 28, 2014 11:21 IST

Hillary Clinton has not made it clear yet if she would run for the post of the president in 2016.

If the death penalty is authorised for Tsarnaev and his case goes to trial, the first hurdle would be to find a jury willing to impose it. Anyone opposed to it would be disqualified

Prosecutors debate death for Boston bomberSubscriber Only

January 28, 2014 03:05 IST

70 per cent of Americans favour the death penalty for Tsarnaev, according to a nationwide poll in May.

Eric Lawson appeared in print ads from 1978-1981

Former Marlboro man dies of smoking-related diseaseSubscriber Only

January 28, 2014 00:42 IST

A smoker since 14, Lawson later appeared in an anti-smoking commercial that parodied the Marlboro man.

US, India eager to move forward with high-level dialoguesSubscriber Only

January 26, 2014 18:22 IST

Indian diplomat Khobragade was arrested on December 12 on visa fraud charges.

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