Obama says US closer than ever to defeating al-Qaeda
The US is now closer than ever to defeating al-Qaeda and its 'murderous network', President Barack Obama has declared, more than five months after the outfit's chief Osama bin Laden was eliminated by
Obama: Europe must 'act fast' on debt
US President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that Europe must ‘act fast’ to conquer its debt crisis, after saying the continent's troubles posed a serious threat to the fragile US economy.
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India wants an ‘anti-Pakistan’ Afghanistan: Musharraf
Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf charged on Thursday that arch-rival India seeks to "create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan" as part of a bid to dominate South Asia politically and economically.
Obama slams Pakistan's terror ties; says be peaceful with India
Slamming Pakistan for maintaining ties with 'unsavoury characters', President Barack Obama has asked its key ally to stop hedging its bets in Afghanistan and adopt a peaceful approach towards India.
Astrophysicists detect 12 oldest supernovas
Astrophysi-cists have detected 150 supernovas, a record-breaking number in the Subaru Deep Field — a full moon sized patch of sky — which includes 12 of the most ancient and distant ones.
6.2 magnitude quake strikes Argentina: US geologists
A 6.2 magnitude quake struck northern Argentina on Thursday, centered some 139 kilometers (87 miles) from the city of Salta, US geologists said.
The temblor, which had a depth of some 5.9 miles (9.4
Obama concerned over Pak military, intel links with extremists
President Barack Obama on Thursday voiced concern over Pakistan's military and intelligence links with extremists, observing the US finds this ‘troubling’.
Obama also said that Pakistan should realiz
Al Qaeda leadership decimated but US vulnerable to attack
US President Barack Obama has said that the entire Al Qaeda leadership has been decimated and it would be ‘very difficult’ for the group to stage a spectacular terror attack on the scale of the 9/11 strikes in near future.
$250 mn World Bank credit for West Bengal farmers
The World Bank has approved a $250 million credit and loan to the West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irrigation Project (ADMIP) for increasing agricultural production of small and marginal f
Brain reacts to mistakes as per mindset?
You agree or not, how your brain reacts to mistakes depends on your mindset, say researchers.