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Total US expenditure on Guantanamo prison tops $5.2 billion

WASHINGTON, June 23  -- New number crunching by Democrats campaigning for Guantánamo's closure says the Pentagon spends nearly a half-billion dollars a year, a whopping $2.7...

CIA on Twitter, handle @CIA posts first Tweet!

New Delhi, June 7 - Talk to the CIA, Tweet @CIA The Central Intelligence Agency is expected to announce today that  "@CIA" will be its...

US Senators briefed on Taliban militants exchange

Washington, June 5 - Republican Senator from Arizona John McCain speaks to the media after a briefing by Obama administration officials to all U.S....

Obama hails soldier’s release

Washington, June 1 - President Barack Obama, flanked by the parents of a U.S. soldier released after being held for nearly five years by...

Talibans release US soldier

Washington, June 1 - Jani Bergdahl (L) speaks about the release of her son US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl as her husband Bob Bergdahl...

Obama signs Memo to facilitate travel to USA

Washington, May 22 - US President Barack Obama meets with travel and tourism industry CEO's and senior executives in the Roosevelt Room of the...

A museum to remember Sept 11 attacks

New York, May 15 - This pictures taken yesterday show a display of artifacts from the area of the World Trade Center during a...

US says will work with “whoever becomes Indian PM”

NEW YORK, May 9  - The US says it is looking forward to working closely with "whoever becomes the next Indian prime minister", comments...

India-born poet Vijay Seshadri wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize

April 15 - India-born poet Vijay Seshadri (pic) has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems...

4 persons dead, 16 injured in US military base shooting

HOUSTON, April 4-- A US soldier went on a shooting spree Thursday killing three colleagues and wounding 16 others at a major army base...