US | Pakistan Times https://news.pakistantimes.com/world/usa Fri, 01 Jan 2016 23:23:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 https://news.pakistantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/profile-favicon-5546cf03v1_site_icon-32x32.png US | Pakistan Times https://news.pakistantimes.com/world/usa 32 32 2016: World welcomes New Year despite terror fears https://news.pakistantimes.com/2016/01/01/2016-world-welcomes-new-year-despite-terror-fears-373052.html Thu, 31 Dec 2015 23:08:57 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=373052 New York – Millions welcomed in the New Year with Champagne and cheers Friday, although tightened security put a damper on festivities in Europe where Germany evacuated stations over an imminent terror threat and a huge hotel fire sparked panic in Dubai. In New York, around 6,000 police were watching over a bustling Times Square […]

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]]> Dalai Lama cancels US trip on doctors’ orders https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/09/26/dalai-lama-cancels-us-trip-on-doctors-orders-372690.html Sat, 26 Sep 2015 01:03:56 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=372690 New York – The Dalai Lama on Friday canceled his engagements in the US next month after doctors advised him to rest, a decision sure to heighten concerns among the 80-year-old Tibetan leader’s supporters. The exiled Buddhist leader visited doctors in the United States who “advised His Holiness to rest for the next several weeks,” […]

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]]> US and India begin high-level commercial talks https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/09/22/us-and-india-begin-high-level-commercial-talks-372668.html Tue, 22 Sep 2015 04:27:42 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=372668 Washington – Senior officials from the world’s two biggest democracies, India and the United States, launched a high-level “strategic and commercial dialog” on Monday ahead of a US visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trade in goods and services between the two powers amounted to more than $100 billion last year, but Modi’s administration hopes […]

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]]> India regulator accuses Google of online search abuse https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/09/02/india-regulator-accuses-google-of-online-search-abuse-372607.html Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:50:12 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=372607 New Delhi – India’s competition investigators have accused Google of abusing its market dominance in online searches in the country, deepening the US Internet giant’s woes with governments around the world. Three years after starting its investigation, the Competition Commission of India’s preliminary report said Google favoured its own services when customers ran searches, suggesting […]

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]]> US puts brother of Haqqani network on terror list https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/08/26/us-puts-brother-of-haqqani-network-on-terror-list-372450.html Wed, 26 Aug 2015 02:37:33 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=372450 Washington – The United States has named the brother of the head of the extremist Haqqani Network a “specially designated global terrorist,” the State Department said Tuesday. Based in Pakistan, the Haqqani Network has close ties to Al-Qaeda and has been blamed for many of the most deadly attacks against US and government targets in […]

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]]> Pentagon revives probe into killing of Afghan civilians https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/08/26/pentagon-revives-probe-into-killing-of-afghan-civilians-372418.html Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:23:04 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=372418 Washington – The Pentagon has resumed an investigation into allegations that US special forces were complicit in the torture and killings of Afghan civilians in 2012 and 2013, an official said Tuesday. The statement from a spokesman for the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command confirmed the renewed probe following reports on the issue in The New […]

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]]> US Defense Secretary Carter signs defence projects with India https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/06/04/us-defense-secretary-carter-signs-defence-projects-with-india-370822.html Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:38:17 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=370822 New Delh (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter Wednesday finalised agreements with India to jointly develop next-generation chemical and biological protection for troops and military mobile hybrid power sources. Carter met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and signed a 10-year strategic defence framework pact, which was agreed to during President Obama’s visit to New Delhi […]

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]]> Nearly 60% of Americans back drone strikes in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/29/nearly-60-of-americans-back-drone-strikes-in-pakistan-somalia-and-yemen-370326.html Thu, 28 May 2015 21:56:22 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=370326 Nearly 60 percent of Americans approve of drone strikes that target extremists in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen despite concerns that they endanger innocent civilians, a new poll found Thursday. The Pew Research Center said its national survey showed that 58 percent approve of US drone strikes against extremists in those countries and that 35 percent […]

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]]> US agents plotted to find bin Laden via meds: report https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/21/us-agents-plotted-to-find-bin-laden-via-meds-report-369148.html Wed, 20 May 2015 23:36:26 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=369148 Washington – The United States plotted to find Osama bin Laden by concealing tracking devices in medical supplies, possibly through Red Cross hospitals, a report said Thursday, citing documents leaked by former security contractor Edward Snowden. The Intercept news site quoted from a National Security Agency slide presentation dated June 2010 which discussed the possibility […]

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]]> Bin Laden was grooming son as heir to jihadist empire https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/21/bin-laden-was-grooming-son-as-heir-to-jihadist-empire-369110.html Wed, 20 May 2015 22:23:02 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=369110 Washington – The 22-year-old would-be-jihadist wrote to his reclusive father to say he was itching to join the fight. Hamza trained with explosives and embraced the terror network that killed 3,000 Americans in the September 11, 2001 attacks. But young Hamza was no run-of-the-mill jihadist recruit. He was the favorite son of 9/11 mastermind Osama […]

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]]> Bin Laden’s bookshelf: French economics and conspiracy theory https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/21/bin-ladens-bookshelf-french-economics-and-conspiracy-theory-369111.html Wed, 20 May 2015 22:22:18 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=369111 Washington – Osama bin Laden’s English language reading list included numerous books by conspiracy theorists and an inordinate number on France, suggesting he may have planned to strike the country’s economy, US officials said Wednesday. His “bookshelf” included titles by US journalist Bob Woodward and linguist and leftist Noam Chomsky as well as a history […]

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]]> Bin Laden bent on spectacular US attack until the end: files https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/21/bin-laden-bent-on-spectacular-us-attack-until-the-end-files-369108.html Wed, 20 May 2015 22:19:37 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=369108 Washington – Hunkered down in his Pakistani compound, Osama bin Laden pleaded with his followers to stay focused on attacking the United States instead of being dragged into Muslim infighting. Documents declassified on Wednesday shed new light on the mindset of Al-Qaeda’s founder, his debates over tactics, his anxiety over Western spying and his fixation […]

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]]> Bin Laden planned 9/11 anniversary media push https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/21/bin-laden-planned-911-anniversary-media-push-369096.html Wed, 20 May 2015 22:14:38 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=369096 Washington – When he was killed by US Navy commandos, Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden was plotting a coordinated media push to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. According to documents seized in the May 2011 raid that ended the militant leader’s decade on the run, he was planning a video address […]

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]]> Osama Bin Laden, director of human resources https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/21/osama-bin-laden-director-of-human-resources-369095.html Wed, 20 May 2015 22:08:54 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=369095 Washington – “Please enter the required information accurately and truthfully. Write clearly and legibly. Name, age, marital status. Do you wish to execute a suicide operation?” Al-Qaeda’s application form starts like that of any large enterprise, but leads recruits quickly to a darker place: “Who should we contact in case you become a martyr?” Recruiting […]

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]]> Osama’s letter: Fear of surveillance haunted Bin Laden in his last years https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/21/osamas-letter-fear-of-surveillance-haunted-bin-laden-in-his-last-years-369094.html Wed, 20 May 2015 22:06:52 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=369094 Washington – Low-hanging clouds over the Pakistani mountains might protect you from a prying US drone, but what if a spy has injected a microscopic bug in your wife’s clothes? Osama Bin Laden’s last years at his final hideout were haunted by his accurate hunch that he was hunted by a remorseless and technologically advanced […]

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]]> German spy agency ‘helped US find bin Laden’: report https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/17/german-spy-agency-helped-us-find-bin-laden-report-368771.html Sun, 17 May 2015 12:32:20 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=368771 Berlin – Germany’s foreign intelligence agency helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan where US special forces killed the al-Qaeda leader, according to a German news report published Sunday. The BND spy service provided a tip-off that bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan, with the knowledge of Pakistani security services, according to […]

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]]> White House rebuts claim Pakistan role in Laden raid https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/12/white-house-rebuts-claim-pakistan-role-in-laden-raid-367910.html Tue, 12 May 2015 03:57:27 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=367910 Washington – The White House on Monday flatly rejected claims that Pakistan was told in advance about a 2011 special operations raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Veteran US journalist Seymour Hersh claimed in a British publication that Pakistan’s security services not only knew about the raid, but had been holding bin […]

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]]> US put Al Jazeera journalist on terror list: report https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/09/us-put-al-jazeera-journalist-on-terror-list-report-367552.html Sat, 09 May 2015 02:55:18 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=367552 Washington – US authorities placed an Al Jazeera journalist on a watch list of suspected terrorists, linking him to Al-Qaeda, a report said Friday, citing documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The online news site The Intercept said Al Jazeera’s Islamabad bureau chief, Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, was on a terror watch list, and […]

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]]> New York cab driver jailed over Pakistan murders https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/08/new-york-cab-driver-jailed-over-pakistan-murders-367543.html Fri, 08 May 2015 02:54:09 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=367543 New York – A New York cab driver was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for ordering a double murder in Pakistan after his daughter fled a loveless, arranged marriage. Mohammad Choudhry, 62, will spend the rest of his life behind bars for conspiring in two deaths carried out nearly 8,000 miles (13,000 kilometers) […]

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]]> US warns of ‘chilling effect’ of India’s NGO crackdown https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/07/us-warns-of-chilling-effect-of-indias-ngo-crackdown-367279.html Wed, 06 May 2015 21:42:29 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=367279 New Delhi – The US ambassador to New Delhi rebuked India’s right-wing government Wednesday for a crackdown on non-governmental organisations, saying it could have a “chilling effect” on civil society. After both Greenpeace and the US Ford Foundation were hit with funding restrictions, ambassador Richard R. Verma voiced rare public criticism by Washington of Narendra […]

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