US total spending against ISIS reaches $2.7bn
WASHINGTON – The United States is spending more than $9m a day on the war against Islamic State, and has poured $2.7bn since the start...
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Obama administration tries to become champion of online privacy
by Agencies
WASHINGTON: The White House will lay out ideas this week for protecting U.S. consumers’ privacy in an era in which the ubiquitous use of computers...
US searches new bases for drones strike in Pakistan after leaving Afghanistan: Report
by TNT Desk
Washington: A US newspaper on Monday has claimed that the Obama administration is making contingency plans to use air bases in Central Asia to conduct...
US pressurizes Pakistan to declare India ‘Most Favoured Nation’
by Faheem Patel
Islamabad: Despite some serious reservations by the majority of Pakistanis, the United States pressurized Pakistan to declare India as ‘Most Favoured Nation’ (MFN) status....
Barack Obama may ban surveillance of foreign allied leaders
by AFP
Washington: President Barack Obama is considering whether to ban US spy agencies from eavesdropping on allied leaders, a senior official said Tuesday, following outrage in...
US upholds ban on some Samsung devices
by AFP
New York City: Â The Obama administration Tuesday upheld a decision to ban some Samsung mobile technology products due to the company’s violation of patents owned...
U.S. deplores ongoing violence in Egypt
by TNT Desk
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has condemned the continuing violence in Egypt, including attacks on security forces in the Sinai peninsula and Christian institutions, and the...
US declassifies surveillance order amid snooping debate
by AFP
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration on Wednesday declassified a court order authorizing collection of millions of US phone records, even as it faced new disclosures about...
US imposes ban on six people for supporting al-Shabab
by TNT Desk
Washington: The Obama administration is blacklisting six people, including two senior Eritrean military officers, for their roles in allegedly supporting the radical Islamist al-Shabab group...
Bush, not Iran was the problem, says Joe Biden
by Areeb Hasni
Washington: US Vice President Joe Biden connected the America’s unfruitful negotiations with Iran on the Bush administration and said that the world realised Iran was...