Sunday, March 17, marks 10 years since the beginning of the Iraq war, during which the NATO forces overthrew the regime of Saddam Hussein after a brutal conflict. ...
08:22 AM, Mar 17, 2013
CIA Director-designate John Brennan strongly defended anti-terror attacks by unmanned drones on February 7 under close questioning at a protest-disrupted confirmation hearing. On a second controversial topic, he said that after reading a classified intelligence report on harsh interrogation techniques, he does not know if waterboarding has yielded useful information. ...
12:05 PM, Feb 08, 2013
President Barack Obama and lawmakers are launching a last-chance round of budget talks days before a New Year's deadline to reach a deal or watch the economy go off a "fiscal cliff." Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet congressional leaders from both parties at the White House on December 28 at 3 pm EST to try to revive negotiations to avoid tax hikes and spending cuts - together...
12:02 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Former President George HW Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital "following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever," but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said on December 26. Jim McGrath, Bush's spokesman in Houston, said in a brief email that Bush was admitted to the ICU at Methodist Hospital on December 23. He said doctors are cautiously...
01:47 PM, Dec 27, 2012
New York: Months before the 9/11 attacks, former US president George Bush had received multiple briefings by intelligence agencies warning of an "imminent" attack on US soil by al Qaeda but he did not take prompt action that could have prevented the tragedy, an op-ed in 'The New York Times' said on Wednesday. Former reporter for the news daily Kurt Eichenwald said Bush had begun to get "direct warnings" about...
10:18 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Miami: He's the non-candidate they never stop talking about. Ever since Jeb Bush left the Florida governor's mansion in 2007 with favourable ratings after two terms, speculation has swirled about his political future. The chatter has only gotten louder this year amid the Republican Party's "veepstakes" - despite Bush's repeated insistence that he is not in the running. Bush appeared to put the issue to rest in a recent series...
10:31 PM, Jun 23, 2012
New Delhi: US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has stressed the need for "levelling the playing field" for foreign and domestic companies in the country's civil nuclear industry. During his visit, Burns held wide-ranging talks with Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai on Monday and also stressed the importance of continuing the implementation of the US-India civil-nuclear deal during his talks. "The Deputy Secretary stressed, in particular, the importance of continuing...
08:38 PM, Dec 13, 2011
Mumbai: Former US president George W Bush arrived in Mumbai on Monday evening on a "personal visit" and checked into the iconic Taj Mahal hotel in South Mumbai. "A private jet carrying Bush and his entourage landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport sometime back. He is in Mumbai for some personal work," a senior IPS official said. Bush, 65, and his team checked into the Taj Mahal hotel where...
10:24 PM, Nov 07, 2011
With Pakistan-US relations hitting a new low, does India remain the next best option before the US? ...
11:19 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Suhasini Haidar: Hello and welcome to this weeks edition of Worldview with me Suhasini Haidar. Tonight the India-Afghanistan strategic partnership just signed. Does it mean India is actually ready for a leadership role in Afghan Security and more importantly is India becoming the US next option in Afghanistan? In fact we are going to put those to External Affairs Minister SM Krishna who sat down for a Worldview exclusive interview ...
02:49 PM, Oct 12, 2011
Washington: Ten years after the nation was unified in horror, US President Barack Obama honored the legacy of the September 11 victims on Sunday by personally tracing the trail of the terrorist attacks, proudly declaring that the decade since has proven "America does not give in to fear." At ground zero, Obama stood in solidarity with former US President George W Bush right where hijacked airliners smashed into the twin...
07:30 AM, Sep 12, 2011
On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, President Barack Obama read a passage from the Bible. ...
10:36 PM, Sep 11, 2011
Americans came together on Sunday to remember those who lost their lives a decade ago in the 9/11 terror attacks. ...
08:34 PM, Sep 11, 2011
New York: Invoking refuge and strength, President Barack Obama read a biblical passage as the names of the September 11 dead echoed across a transformed ground zero on Sunday, a haunting but hopeful tribute to mark a decade since the worst terrorist attack on American soil. Standing behind bulletproof glass and before the white oak trees of the new September 11 memorial, Obama read Psalm 46 from the Bible after...
07:59 PM, Sep 11, 2011
New York: Recalling that walking through the wreckage of 9/11 was like "hell" for him, former President George W Bush has said that he felt "a sense of closure" when he learned about the killing of Osama bin Laden. "From the air it looked like... a giant scar. But when I actually got to the site, it was like walking into hell," Bush said in an interview with National Geographic...
10:26 AM, Jul 28, 2011
New York: Former Defence Secretary Robert Gates will pen two forthcoming books -- firstly a memoir expected to be released in 2013 and another about his philosophy on leadership, his publisher said on Tuesday. Gates, 67, departed as Pentagon chief in June after four and a half years serving under former President George W Bush and then Barack Obama. He took over the position from Donald Rumsfeld who resigned amid...
05:14 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Washington: The United States repeatedly told Pakistan that Washington would send American forces into that country if it had evidence that Osama bin Laden was hiding there, according to current and former US officials. The message that the United States would not hesitate to send American operatives into Pakistan to get bin Laden was transmitted to top Pakistani officials on multiple occasions by the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and...
07:15 AM, May 11, 2011
Here are some school students who were with former President George Bush when news was received of the killing of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. ...
10:11 AM, May 06, 2011
Washington: Former President George W Bush has declined an invitation from President Barack Obama to attend a New York ceremony on Thursday to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, Bush's office said. "He appreciated the invite, but has chosen in his post-presidency to remain largely out of the spotlight," said Bush spokesman David Sherzer. Obama is to speak at New York's "Ground Zero" and meet families of some of...
08:19 AM, May 04, 2011
