A key US lawmaker has welcomed India's positive contribution to Afghanistan's reconstruction saying US-India partnership has an important role in contributing to the war torn nation's progress and wel

Former US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said the Kashmir dispute was not an excuse for Pakistan to not break ties with the Haqqani network, held responsible for recent coordinated

A top Republican Senator has criticised the Afghan policy of US President Barack Obama, opposing his troop withdrawal plan from the country and the peace talks with the Taliban.

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The US Secret Service -- responsible for the protection of the President -- has removed three of its personnel, who were allegedly involved in a sex scandal in Columbia.

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Soldiers posing with slain or captive foes for trophy pictures is nothing new. What is new, experts said on Wednesday, is how technology is enabling such images to go viral.

Digital photography makes

Three out of five people in developing countries lack effective social safety net coverage as they struggle to forge ahead through global financial volatility and food and fuel price hikes, the World

President Barack Obama and his likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney are locked in a tight race in the November presidential poll as Romney solidified support within his party, according to a new p

Describing India's non-proliferation record as 'solid', the US refused to express any concern on the country's nuclear-capable Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile launch.

"India has a solid nonproli

Scans of a brain region linked to both pleasure and addiction could help predict whether a person will gain weight or have sex in the next six months, a new research has suggested.

Tycoon Warren Buffett announced on Tuesday that he has early-stage prostate cancer, but indicated no intention to change his role as head of his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway.

Buffett, in a lett