Ramping up the pressure on Obama Administration to designate the Haqqani network as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has passed a bill through voice

US President Barack Obama called on Congress Saturday to approve an extension of tax cuts for most Americans, but not the top income earners.

Sounding a fresh warning to Pakistan, a key Senate panel has voted to slash American assistance to Islamabad by more than half, approving only USD 1 billion in aid for fiscal 2013 and warned of fur

Election year politics has held up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee as envoy to India.

But South Asia veteran Nancy J. Powell, who was named as the next US ambassador in New De

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani appointed his lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan as Leader of the House in the Senate and as a member of the parliamentary committee on judges appointment, officials said.

Congress ended a three-month battle on Friday by passing legislation to extend a tax cut for 160 million workers, a boon for both the economy and Democratic President Barack Obama in this election yea

The bilateral goods and services trade between India and the US is expected to cross a record USD 100 billion this year, the US Ambassador-designate to India Nancy Powell has said.

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Pakistan's Sikhs want a seat in the Senate or upper house of Parliament to be reserved for the minority community in elections scheduled for March.

"We currently have no representative in the Nation

US President Barack Obama on Sunday faced a new congressional gridlock over a payroll tax cut after he signed into law a USD 1 trillion spending bill, averting a government shutdown.

The US Senate p

The bitterly divided US Senate on late on Thursday defeated a $35 billion item from President Barack Obama's jobs plan, one aimed at helping states employ teachers, police, and emergency workers.