Barack Obama, the US president, has formed an independent presidential commission to probe the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Two-term Florida governor and former senator Bob Graham, a Democrat, and former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency William Reilly, a Republican, will serve as co-chairmen of the seven-member body, Obama said [...]
The mothers of three US citizens held in Iran for 10 months amid spy accusations have called for their release as a “humanitarian gesture” following a reunion with their children.
Iran detained Sarah Shourd, 31; Shane Bauer, 27; and Josh Fattal, 27 on July 31, accusing them of illegal border crossing, spying and having links to [...]
Barack Obama, the US president, has said ties with Afghanistan remain strong and backed the Afghan government’s efforts to engage with Taliban fighters who give up violence.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, at the White House, Obama said he supported Kabul’s efforts to “open the door to Taliban, who [...]
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has assured Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, that the US will remain committed to his country’s security and reconstruction even after American troops have departed.
“We will not abandon the Afghan people. Our civilian commitment will remain long into the future,” Clinton said on Tuesday, as she kicked off [...]
Oil sheen from a massive crude spill in the Gulf of Mexico has begun washing ashore on islands off the coast of Louisiana, the US coast guard said.
“Teams have confirmed oil on Freemason Island,” Petty Officer Connie Terrell of the US coast guard, said on Thursday.
Oil sheen is the shimmering thin layer of crude settled [...]
A former financial analyst has admitted attempting to detonate a car bomb in New York City’s Times Square, authorities have said.
Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-born US citizen, was charged on Tuesday with terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in Saturday’s botched attack.
According to the government’s legal complaint, Shahzad, 30, confessed to buying [...]
US authorities have arrested a US citizen in connection with Saturday’s attempted car bombing in New York City’s Times Square.
The department of justice on Tuesday said the suspect, identified as Faisal Shahzad, was arrested trying to board a flight from New York’s John F Kennedy airport headed to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
Shahzad was [...]
The Iranian president has criticised the United States for threatening to use nuclear weapons and dismissed claims that his country is trying to develop them.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the opening session of a UN conference reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in New York on Monday that the US “has never respected any of its commitments” [...]
Video tapes have been released of what appears to be Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the main Pakistani Taliban grooup, warning the US of multiple attacks on its citizens.
The tapes of Mehsud, who was reported dead in a January drone attack, emerged just a day after another Pakistani Taliban group claimed responsibility for a failed [...]
High-level representatives from the US and Iran are set to address a nuclear non-proliferation conference amid a deepening row over Tehran’s uranium enrichment programme.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, is the only head of state taking part in the UN nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, which will host delegations from 189 countries.
He will speak at [...]