Leading Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced barrage of onslaught from his rivals on the eve of the crucial New Hampshire primary, which he has been leading by considerable margin against his rivals.

US President Barack Obama has vowed to continue his efforts to create more jobs amid heartening news that the unemployment rate has declined to its lowest level in nearly three years.

President Asif Ali Zardari's return to Pakistan from Dubai could be just a "cameo appearance" before his wife and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's death anniversary December 27 and after that he would be probably leave for a long convalescene in London or Dubai, a media report said.

The US economy is projected to grow at a slow pace because of ongoing challenges, American experts said on Monday.

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.

The United States expressed interest on Wednesday in selling its most sophisticated fighter to India, just six months after New Delhi rejected two older US warplanes in a competition for an $11 billion contract.

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.

Opening up about her divorce with director Sam Mendes, actress Kate Winslet says they both have accepted it and moved on but admits it was not easy.

Keeping up the pressure on Islamabad to act against Haqqani network's safe havens in Pakistan, the US has warned that it would act on its own as it did against Osama bin Laden hiding in Pakistan.

Singer Jessica Simpson has reportedly postponed her wedding to fiance Eric Johnson, which was set to take place in November.