Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations on Thursday, sitting down for US-brokered talks even as hardliners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal.

US President Barack Obama, declaring an end to America’s seven-year-long military mission in Iraq in a televised address from the Oval Office on Tuesday night, said the focus would now shift to the Af

Formally declaring that combat mission in Iraq is over US President Barack Obama has said that this milestone should serve as a message to the world that it intends to sustain and strengthen our leade

US President Barack Obama has vowed to have enduring partnership with Iraq based on mutual interest and respect.

As the United States approaches into the 10th year of its combat operation in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said that the leadership of Al Qaeda remains anchored in the border regions of Pakista

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the "blood of Israeli civilians" would not go unpunished as he vowed to hunt the killers of four Israelis near a Jewish West Bank settlement.

The US on Wednesday dismissed media reports that representatives of Af-Pak special envoy Richard Holbrooke recently met leaders of the Afghan Taliban and Hizb-i-Islami to discuss formation of a nation

A delegation of senior Pakistani military officials visiting the US was deboarded from a plane, detained, "interrogated and rudely treated" by security officials after one of them made a comment to a

The United States is in discussion with India trying to understand the potential impact of the increase in fee of categories of H-1B and L1 visas on Indian companies.

Hewlett-Packard Co (HP) has agreed to pay the $55 million to settle claims which it defrauded federal government, the US Justice Department said.