US looking to reduce troops in Europe
The US is looking to reduce the number of its troops in Europe, but the exact figures would be available only when President Barack Obama presents his budget to the Congress next month, a top American
US economy moving in the right direction: Obama
Encouraged by the addition of more than 2 lakh new jobs in December 2011 and a drop in the unemployment rate, the US President Barack Obama on Friday said the country's economy is moving in the right
China says US militarism in Asia could create ill will, endanger peace
The United States has been warned against 'flexing its muscles' in Asia-Pacific region after President Barack Obama unveiled a defence review switching focus to the region.
China’s official news age
Three freight trains collide in US
Two crew members were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries after three freight trains collided and caught fire in the US state of Indiana on Friday, Xinhua reported quoting a media report.
Pakistan to draw lines in US cooperation
Pakistan is reviewing future cooperation with the US as relations flounder between the shaky allies in the wake of a deadly NATO strike, senior military and government officials told AFP on Tuesday.
US Senate passes $1 trillion spending bill
The US Senate greenlighted a deal on Saturday to avoid a federal shutdown, approving a spending bill worth more than $1 trillion to fund the government through fiscal year 2012.
Senators voted 67 to
US lifts most sanctions on Libya
The United States said on Friday it was lifting 'most' US sanctions against Libya to recognize the country's political transition, but kept assets of former strongman Muammar Gaddafi's family frozen.
UN, US lift Libya financial sanctions
The UN Security Council and United States on Friday lifted sanctions on Libya's central bank in a bid to ease a cash crunch in a post-Gaddafi era, diplomats said.
The UN council ended a freeze on the
US unemployment claims at three-and-half-year low
The number of people filing initial applications for unemployment benefits dropped by 19,000 last week to 366,000, the fewest since May 2008, the US Labour Department said Thursday.
Analysts had expe
US to sell Iraq 18 more F-16 warplanes
The United States plans to sell Iraq 18 more F-16 fighter jets as Baghdad seeks to secure its airspace after the full withdrawal of US forces this month, a US official said Monday.
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