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Protests against drones disrupt US Senate hearing
WASHINGTON: Protesters denouncing US drone attacks disrupted a Senate hearing Thursday on the nomination for the next CIA director, forcing police to clear the hall to keep demonstrators out.
"Stand up against drones," yelled a protester, as President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA, John Brennan, was repeatedly interrupted while trying to deliver his opening remarks to the Senate Intellig... |
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John Kerry always backed a 'central role' for India
WaASHINGTON: As Hillary Clinton passed on the baton of America's top diplomat to John Kerry, a question was raised whether his supposed soft corner for Pakistan should be a cause for worry to New Delhi?
Much has been made out of his remarks during his confirmation hearings when he declined to make US aid to Islamabad conditional to the release of Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi, who helped find... |
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Don’t transfer weapons to Hezbollah: US warns Syria
WASHINGTON: Amidst reports of Israeli jets hitting Lebanon-bound lorries loaded with surface-to-air missiles in Syrian territory, the US on Thursday warned Bashar al-Assad-led government not to transfer weapons to Hezollah.
US deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes said, "Syria should not further destabilize the region by transferring weaponry to Hezbollah."
Interestingly, the Syrian mi... |
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School girl who performed at Obama’s inauguration shot dead
WASHINGTON: In yet another incident of fatal shooting in the US, a 15-year-old girl who performed at President Barack Obama's inauguration last week was shot to death in a park in Chicago on Tuesday.
An unidentified gunman opened fire when Hadiya Pendleton, who along with her friends was hanging at a park on Tuesday, just blocks away from their high school.
It is being learnt that Pendelton ... |
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John Kerry gets Senate nod as next US secretary of state
WASHINGTON: Senator John Kerry, President Barack Obama's choice to replace Hillary Clinton as the next secretary of state, has been overwhelmingly confirmed by the US Senate.
Considered a friend of India who has advocated a "central role" for the country in international affairs, Kerry received 94 votes in favour with just three Republican Senators voting no Tuesday. Kerry voted present on his ... |
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US Senators unveil immigration reform deal
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of influential US Senators on Monday agreed to a framework of sweeping reform of immigration laws to attract the "world's best and brightest" and include a tough and fair path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants in the country.
The White House welcomed the agreement reached on immigration reform by the bi-partisan group of eight influential Senato... |
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Hackers attack on Justice Deptt. website
WASHINGTON: Hackers sympathetic to the late computer prodigy Aaron Swartz claimed on Saturday to have infiltrated the website of the U.S. Justice Department's Sentencing Commission, and said they planned to release government data.
The Sentencing Commission site, www.ussc.gov , was shut down early Saturday.
Identifying themselves as Anonymous, a loosely organized group of unknown provenanc... |
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Stephen King decries US gun violence
WASHINGTON: Best-selling writer Stephen King, known for bloody novels filled with fictional horror and gore, made an impassioned plea Friday for an end to real-life violence involving firearms.
In an essay entitled "Guns" and sold by Amazon.com's Kindle Store, the horror writer inveighs against "an America awash in guns," a statement said.
"If this helps provoke constructive debate, I've don... |
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US confident of bringing to justice other six charged in 26/11
CHICAGO: The United States has said it will continue to bring to justice the other six people named in Mumbai terror attacks case, including Lashkar-e-Toiba leaders.
"They are fugitives. If we can ever get our hands on them, we will try to arrest them, or have them arrested depending on what country they are found in and extradite to the United States and prosecute them here in the US," Acting ... |
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Pentagon inquiry clears US top commander Gen John Allen
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has cleared Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen John Allen, of charges of professional misconduct over email exchanges with a socialite, a US official says.
"Secretary Panetta has been informed that the Department's Office of Inspector General has concluded an investigation into a matter involving General John Allen, US Marine Corps. The Secretary was ple... |
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