The US national aviation authority lifted a ban on American flights to Israel late Wednesday, but warned of a "very fluid situation" amid intense fighting in the Gaza Strip. [caption id="attachment_38249" align="alignright" width="360"]...

[caption id="attachment_37779" align="alignright" width="360"] Buddhist Group[/caption] The United States cancelled the visa given to a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk heading a hardline group accused of involvement in violence against Sri Lanka's minority Muslims, an official of the group ...

The United States on Wednesday designated the finance chief and a senior public relations official of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba as "global terrorists," placing tight economic sanctions on the two. The US Treasury said ...

US President Barack Obama said Friday that he is examining options short of sending ground troops to help Iraq counter a Sunni extremist offensive, but warned the country must heal its own divisions. [caption id="attachment_37538" align="alignnone" width="600"] Barack Obama[/caption] "We ...

[caption id="attachment_37481" align="alignright" width="360"] US Encourages[/caption] As Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif drew his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi's attention to the importance of resolving disputes peacefully for economic uplift of the people, the United States Wednesday welcomed the steps ...

An American citizen fighting for a hardline militant group had carried out a deadly suicide bombing in Syria, US officials confirmed Friday, in the first such case in the war. [caption id="attachment_37356" align="alignright" width="307"]...

The United States on Wednesday welcomed hopes of better ties between India and Pakistan as Indian prime minister-elect Narendra Modi invited Pakistan’s premier Nawaz Sharif to his swearing-in, which the US said it will not attend. [caption id="attachment_37326" align="alignright" width="384"]...

The United States and Europe Monday hit Russia with fresh sanctions for failing to stop soaring tensions in Ukraine, where a pro-Moscow mayor was shot and badly wounded and rebels seized another town. [caption id="attachment_36945" align="alignright" width="384"] Vladimir ...

An overwhelming 93 percent of Crimeans voted Sunday to become part of Russia in a referendum deemed illegal by the new authorities in Ukraine and most of the internatinal community, exit polls showed. [caption id="attachment_36056" align="alignnone" width="600"] Crimea votes[/caption] "Ninety-three ...

The United States has a number of economic weapons to punish Russia for its military intervention in Ukraine, ranging from asset freezes to kicking Moscow out of the exclusive G8 group of countries, and President Barack Obama is focusing first on measures that would not require congressional action. [caption ...