The United States said on Friday it was lifting 'most' US sanctions against Libya to recognize the country's political transition, but kept assets of former strongman Muammar Gaddafi's family frozen.

US President Barack Obama has named Nancy Powell, a career diplomat who has served as ambassador to Pakistan and to Nepal, to be the next ambassador to India and fill a half-year vacancy.

As the US Congress agreed to freeze close to $700 million in aid to Pakistan, the Obama administration sought to assure its estranged ally that the legislation merely includes a reporting requirement

The British writer and firebrand columnist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62 after a battle against cancer of the esophagus, Vanity Fair magazine announced on its website on early Friday.

The United States plans to intensify focus on India, China, Brazil and other priority markets where its exports have the best potential for continued growth.

The intensified focus on these markets is

The U.S. Navy, underscoring the importance of 'operating forward' amid tightening budgets and increasing threats to free seas, will station several of its new littoral combat ships in Singapore in com

The number of people filing initial applications for unemployment benefits dropped by 19,000 last week to 366,000, the fewest since May 2008, the US Labour Department said Thursday.

Analysts had expe

The British writer and firebrand columnist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62 after a battle against cancer of the esophagus, Vanity Fair announced on its website early on Friday.

The world economy is facing gloomy prospects and all countries need to take action to deal with the global challenge, said the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The current world economy

Contending that US relationship with Pakistan had reached a dead end, an American lawmaker has said there was a sense among Congressmen that time had come to 'side' with India to 'cut off the ISI'.