Members of Congress are reacting sharply to a plan being considered by the White House to transfer abroad five of the most dangerous prisoners from Guantanamo Bay as a gesture to the Taliban in advance of Afghanistan peace talks. It would be the first time detainees from the "too dangerous to transfer" list have been relocated outside of ...Read More

Washington: Doubting the "willingness" of Pakistan to go after the militant groups enjoying sanctuary in the country, a top US intelligence official has said these elements have caused major problems for the Afghan and coalition forces working for a "new" Afghanistan. "We should be cautious in what we anticipate in terms of the ability of our Pakistani partners, and ...Read More

Officials for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation defended its decision to eventually end grants to Planned Parenthood for breast-health activities and suggested that the Komen money might be better spent elsewhere. In a conference call with members of the media, Komen founder and chief executive Nancy Brinker said the decision to end 16 ...Read More

London: Britain's new immigration rules will now allow only those immigrants 'who add to the quality of life'. Two proposals outlined in a major speech by Immigration Minister Damian Green are likely to affect Indian professionals and migrants. The government has already announced its intention to scrap the Post-Study Work visa for non-EU students, which has been popular ...Read More

Polls opened early on Tuesday in Florida, where Mitt Romney was pushing for a big win over Newt Gingrich in the race to pick a Republican challenger to President Barack Obama in November. Polls show Mr. Romney, a former Massachusetts Governor, holding a double-digit lead in Florida, the fourth, largest and most diverse State so far ...Read More

Julian Assange took his extradition battle to Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday, arguing that sending him to Sweden would violate age-old legal tradition. The two-day hearing is Assange's last chance to persuade British judges to quash efforts to send him to Scandinavia, where he is wanted on sex crimes allegations. The case will continue Thursday, but no decision is expected ...Read More

Washington: The visit of the Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to Kabul was good and well timed, the United States has said even as it awaited the details of the trip from the two countries. "We look forward to a debrief from both Afghans and Pakistanis on the visit, but from what we can tell so far, ...Read More

North Korea on Thursday issued a long list of strident demands, including the cancellation of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, that it said South Korea should meet before ties could improve between the two Koreas. By repeating demands that the South has already rejected, North Korea appeared to shift the blame to Seoul one ...Read More

Israel must halt settlement building and present detailed proposals for a border with a future Palestinian state, visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday, as he tried to persuade the Palestinians to continue low-level meetings with Israel that the international community hopes will evolve into serious negotiations. Ban praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his leadership and publicly ...Read More

Ships and helicopters are continuing to search for more than 120 people missing after a ferry sank off Papua New Guinea's north coast on Thursday. More than 230 people rescued in a joint Australian-PNG operation have reached the eastern PNG town of Lae, officials said on Friday. The search for the missing - mostly university students - resumed ...Read More