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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

For talks with India, Pakistan seeks US help; gets rejected again

Pak's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi went on to warn that this could lead to an escalation of tension between the...

4 Oct 2018 1:01 PM IST

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, meets Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. â€‹(Photo | AP)

US unlikely to change policy on suspension of Pak aid: Mike Pompeo

Given Pakistan's influence over the Taliban, the Trump administration also wants Islamabad to bring them to the peace...

3 Oct 2018 11:16 AM IST

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a vocal advocate of that policy is expected to travel to Pyongyang soon to try to revive the negotiation process and set the stage for a second summit between President Donald Trump and leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AP)

North Korea warns US, says peace declaration not a bargaining chip

Commentary was directed at supporters of US policy to maintain maximum pressure on North Korea until it has made moves...

2 Oct 2018 11:43 AM IST

Trump had multiple chances to craft a DACA fix with Congress. But one never materialized, despite overwhelming public support for letting Dreamers stay. (Photo: File)

US stands with India in their quest for justice: Trump on 26/11 Mumbai...

Earlier in the day, Pompeo announced that US will reward up to USD 5 million for information on the 26/11 perpetrators.

27 Nov 2018 8:03 AM IST

Pompeo said this was the message he had delivered to the Pakistani leadership when he travelled to Islamabad in September, after Imran Khan became prime minister. (Photo: File)

US announces USD 5 million reward for information on 26/11...

The announcement came on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack.

26 Nov 2018 8:20 AM IST

Khashoggi had written a series of columns for the Washington Post that were critical of Saudi Arabias assertive Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has led a widely publicized drive to reform the Sunni monarchy but has also presided over the arrests of activists and businessmen. (Photo: AFP)

Will hold Jamal Khashoggi's killers accountable: US to Saudi Crown...

Jamal Khashoggi's killing and the war in Yemen, are the two main sources of strain in the decades-old alliance between...

12 Nov 2018 9:53 AM IST

I told them (troops) consider it (a rock) a rifle. When they throw rocks like they did at the Mexican military and police, I say consider it a rifle. Trump told journalists. (Photo: AFP)

Temporary exemptions to some nations to keep oil prices down: Trump on...

The US on Monday imposed 'the toughest ever' sanctions on a defiant Iran aimed at altering the Iranian regime's...

6 Nov 2018 9:20 AM IST

Irans Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met his Indian counterpart, Sushma Swaraj, in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly. (Photo: AP)

India, China among 8 countries exempted from US sanctions on Iran oil

Italy, Greece, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey also figure in the list released by Mike Pompeo.

5 Nov 2018 7:52 PM IST

Congressman Mike Pompeo. (Photo: AP)

'Watch what we do': Mike Pompeo on India, China's oil purchases from...

US is reimposing punitive measures targeting Iranian oil and financial sectors in sanctions against Iran.

5 Nov 2018 6:22 PM IST

Trump remarks came as he signed new sanctions on Thursday targeting the Iranian-funded Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which is considered a terrorist organisation by the US. (Photo: AFP)

'Toughest ever placed': US sanctions on Iran come into effect from...

Saudi Arabia is the only country with the capacity to make up for lost Iranian oil production.

5 Nov 2018 9:39 AM IST

Since the Winter Olympics in the South, Pyongyang and Washington have agreed to the unprecedented Singapore meeting. A woman walks by a huge screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (Photo | AP)

N Korea threatens to resume nuke development over sanctions

Foreign Ministry statement came amid sense of unease between US and Seoul over use of sanctions to get North to...

3 Nov 2018 3:18 PM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)

Sanctions on Khashoggi's killers may take 'handful more weeks': Mike...

The murder has placed a strain on the decades-old US-Saudi Arabia alliance and tarnished the image of Crown Prince...

2 Nov 2018 1:55 PM IST