11th September 2016 | AFP | AP NEW YORK: America commemorated the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Sunday with emotional services of remembrance in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania to honor those who perished in the world’s deadliest terror strikes. On September 11, 2001, four passenger jets crashed into the Twin Towers in Manhattan, the Pentagon and a field ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shakes hands at the conclusion of a joint press conference following their meeting to discuss the crisis in Syria, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday.— AP GENEVA: The United States and Russia reached a deal on a new Syrian ceasefire Friday, which, if it holds, could see the first ...

NEW YORK: Russian President Vladimir Putin is “far more” of a leader than Barack Obama, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday, echoing previous praise for the Kremlin strongman. Putin is “very much of a leader,” Trump said in a televised interview, where he and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton were separately grilled over their national security and military credentials. Trump ...

WASHINGTON: The US State Department has said that the Haqqani network and other terrorist groups that operate inside Pakistan and along the Afghan border are a continued security threat to the entire South Asian region and beyond. At the Tuesday afternoon news briefing, spokesman John Kirby also said that a trilateral dialogue of the United States, India and Afghanistan would ...

NEW DELHI: The United States and India on Tuesday reaffirmed their common view on cross-border terror albeit with varying emphasis and even a good word from US Secretary of State John Kerry for Islamabad’s efforts to curb the menace. “The US stands with India on all matters of terrorism, no matter where it comes from,” Mr Kerry said at a ...

WASHINGTON: The United States and India on Monday signed a defence agreement that will have a direct impact on both Pakistan and China. The Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) allows the two allies to use each other’s military facilities for checking China’s growing influence in Asia and in the fight against terrorists. Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar — in ...

WASHINGTON: The United States has again urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to jointly fight the scourge of terrorism, refusing to comment on the allegation that Islamabad was involved in this week’s terrorist attack at a university in Kabul. At least 13 were killed and 36 wounded when terrorists attacked the American University in Kabul on Wednesday. On Thursday, Afghan President Ashraf ...

KABUL: The US Embassy in Kabul has vowed support to Afghanistan in investigating and bringing the culprits of the deadly attack on the American University in Kabul. “The U.S. Embassy stands ready to assist Afghan authorities with their continuing investigation in bringing those responsible to justice,” a statement by the Embassy said Condemning the attack on the university compound, the ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, August 10.— AP SUNRISE: Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of founding the militant Islamic State (IS) group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. A moment later, on another topic, he referred to the president by his full legal name: Barack Hussein ...

NEW YORK: Donald Trump rejected criticism from the father of a soldier killed in Iraq who said the Republican presidential nominee had “sacrificed nothing and no one” and questioned whether the mother was allowed to speak during the couple’s appearance at the Democratic convention. “I think I’ve made a lot of sacrifices,” Trump told ABC News in excerpts of an ...