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A number of prominent American Muslims in Washington metro area, called for robust participation in November 8 election, which they said is critical to the future of the United States as a great place for diverse...

The United States has made it clear that there is no question of declaring Pakistan as a ‘terrorist state’, and that Washington would continue to work with regional capitals as part of efforts to address the...

In a major show of “Unity in Diversity,” 17 multi-ethnic community organizations and women’s associations, including Muslim Americans for Hillary Clinton, National Jewish Democratic Council and Bangladeshi Americans for Hillary Clinton have co-sponsored a grand rally...

A top Pakistani senator, Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Wednesday outlined a range of reasons to South Asia watchers as being imperatives for New Delhi making peace with Pakistan through a fair settlement of Jammu and Kashmir dispute....

The United States will welcome 110,000 refugees in Fiscal Year 2017, as it works to address the gigantic refugee crisis facing the world. “This is a 57 percent increase over FY 2015 and is consistent with...

The White House has shut down a petition seeking to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terror after it found that it did not meet signature requirements. The petition can no longer be signed, a White...

The United States has called for Pakistan and India to reduce tensions though increased communication, with a spokesman saying that top American diplomat John Kerry had cautioned against any escalation during a conversation with Indian Exeternal...

Pakistani Americans launched an online White House petition this week, asking the United States to “stop India from blatant human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir.” The petition has been launched amid ongoing violence in Indian-controlled...

Secretary of State John Kerry warned his Russian counterpart on Wednesday that th US would suspend bilateral engagement in Syria unless Moscow works to end the assault on besieged city of Aleppo and restores ceasefire. The development...

The United States has said there is no Great Game being played out in South Asia with the simultaneously ongoing US-India and Russia-Pakistan joint military exercises, a State Department spokesman said. The State Department comments came...