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President Barack Obama renewed U.S commitment to take in more refugees as the Middle East and Europe continue to grapple with the epic movement of people. Speaking at a UN meeting on refugees, he underlined that...

The United States and Pakistan have expressed “strong concern” over recent violence in Kashmir including the army base attack in Uri, stressing the need for all sides to reduce tensions. America’s top diplomat John Kerry and...

In the face of rising tensions between between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday urged the United States to mediate the “bilateral issues” between the two South Asian neighbours. The Pakistani leader...

Fifteen years ago when al-Qaeda terrorists flew two passenger planes into the twin towers of World Trade Center, Pakistanis shared the grief with Americans as they watched destruction on TV screens, some 12,000 kilometers away from...

Few countries on the planet present the contrasts that define Pakistan when it comes to the difference between the distant media portrayals and the vibrancy of its culture that can be experienced with a visit to...

The latest bout of words between interior ministers of Pakistan and India at the SAARC Internal Affairs Ministers’ moot in Islamabad have further stoked tensions between the two nuclear armed South Asian rivals. In the backdrop of...

The United States has asked Islamabad to act against terrorist groups targeting its neighbors and not just the ones that pose a threat to Pakistan. “We have been very clear with the highest levels of the...

Senator John McCain, who heads the Senate Armed Services Committee, has emphasized the United States and Pakistan have a fundamentally important relationship, and the emergence of ISIS security threat in Afghanistan has further heightened the significance...

The United Nations Thursday expressed appreciation for Pakistan’s extension of stay for registered Afghan refugees on its soil until December 31, 2016, and said their repatriation to Afghanistan should be governed by international laws. “We are...

After a series of intense civil-military consultations Pakistan has launched a new military operation n southern Punjab, the most prosperous province whose capital Lahore was the scene of a deadly March 27 Easter Sunday attack that killed...