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WASHINGTON: A top US official is visiting India next week for consultations on a broad range of issues including Indo-Pak situation and Iraq.

NEW DELHI: The US would like to see dialogue between India and Pakistan taking place simultaneously with steps to end infiltration across the LoC, senior policy maker in the Bush Administration, richard haass, said here on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Describing Indo-US economic relationship as 'somewhat disappointing', the United States on Monday sought deeper trade and investment ties with India.

NEW DELHI: The situation in Kashmir is not good for the people of Kashmir, for the diplomacy in Kashmir, and not good especially for Pakistan, a senior US official said Tuesday.

NEW YORK: China should exert more pressure to help defuse growing tensions with North Korea, a move that would strengthen US-Chinese relations, a top US State Department official said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: In the 1990s, richard haass, a charter member of the Washington rolodex that moves between academia and government, penned a small volume of essays on various conflicts around the world.

WASHINGTON: Terming Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's peace overtures to Pakistan as "an imaginative political process," the US has said there has been considerable lowering of tension in the region following the initiative

NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha last night and discussed developments relating to Iraq and also concerns over North Korea clandestinely acquiring nuclear and missile technology from Pakistan.

NEW DELHI: India and the US on Monday discussed the `trinity' of civilian space and nuclear technology and facilitation of dual purpose hi-tech trade but stayed clear of discussing India's reformulated nuclear doctrine or concerns about Pakistan's proliferation to North Korea.

NEW DELHI: The CPM has urged the government to make clear its opposition to any US war effort against Iraq.

NEW DELHI: The United States said on Tuesday continued infiltration of militants in Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan was a matter of "considerable concern" and must be stopped and nudged India and Pakistan to work on "new opportunities" to ease tension and resume their stalled dialogue.

The stunning unscripted remarks -- "For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power" -- came at the tail end of a powerful speech that won wide acclaim in Europe and US, but caused a stir in diplomatic circles worldwide with speculation on whether Washington was raising stakes and seeking Putin's removal.

Former US secretary of defence Jim Mattis considers Pakistan to be the most dangerous of all the countries he has dealt with, blaming it on the "radicalisation" of its society and the country's fastest-growing nuclear arsenal. Mattis was speaking at an event on Tuesday at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

NEW DELHI: In the 1990s, richard haass, a charter member of the Washington rolodex that moves between academia and government, penned a small volume of essays on various conflicts around the world -Greece-Turkey in Cyprus, India-Pakistan in Kashmir, the Middle East and so on.

NEW DELHI: India and the US on Friday shared their concern over the activities of some Taliban and al-Qaeda elements in some parts of Afghanistan and their reported attempts at re-grouping.

HYDERABAD: India would not be able to realise its immense potential globally until its relationship with Islamabad was normalised, Richard N Haass, Director, Policy Planning Staff in the US State Department said.

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has said every country has a right to pre-emptive strikes as an inherent part of its right to self-defence and it was not the prerogative of any one nation.

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for new global consensus to identify and tackle the greatest threats like terrorism and poverty.

NEW DELHI: In a major step forward in bilateral Indo-US relations, India and the US have decided to intensify cooperation in counter terrorism, expand defence ties and economic dialogue.

US had asked Pakistan in 2002 to end infiltration across the LoC in J&K but was instead told not to "push it too far" on the issue with an assertion that "Kashmir should have been ours", according to declassified documents.

US President Trump has said he is getting "more and more angry" at China for spreading the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed India’s ban on certain mobile apps that he said "can serve as appendages of the CCP’s surveillance state," adding that New Delhi’s "clean app approach will boost India's sovereignty, integrity and national security."

The storming of the US Congress left America's image as a beacon of democracy severely tarnished Thursday, with allies unable to hide their shock and authoritarian regimes gleefully exploiting the unrest. In normal times, a state-backed gang rampaging through a legislature to demand a lost election be nullified would have US diplomats marching to their laptops to draft a statement of condemnation.

Despite global pressure to condemn Russia’s aggression, India chose to abstain. Some say it’s in the national interest, but it could have its roots in the historical policy of non-alignment

When asked by Pakistan's AryTV if he's similarly appreciative of LeT's founder and mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Hafiz Saeed, Musharraf nodded, saying Saeed "is involved in Kashmir" and he "supports" that involvement.

The public expectation may be that both leaders are there to strike a breakthrough deal. But the reality is more complex, and for both leaders, "success" may not necessarily involve signing any formal agreement.