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WASHINGTON: (Web Desk)- The United States on Monday urged NATO ally Turkey to exercise restraint and respect the rule of law in the aftermath of a failed military coup. Turkey purged its police after rounding up thousands of soldiers in the wake of the weekend coup attempt and there have …

WASHINGTON: (Web Desk)- Fourteen teenagers in the US state of California have been injured as three armed young men open fire at a crowd of 150 teenagers at a house party, police says. The early Saturday morning incident was described by authorities and witnesses as a drive-by shooting in the …

WASHINGTON: (Web Desk)- Georgia executed a prisoner by lethal injection on Friday, the first US execution in more than two months, ending a pause that reflected a decline in capital punishment. John Conner, 60, died at 00:29 (0429 GMT) in Jackson, 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta, the state’s …

WASHINGTON: (Web Desk)- The US government has released 28 pages of a congressional report on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which show the Saudi government may have had a hand in the attacks. “While in the United States, some of the September 11 hijackers were in contact with, and …

WASHINGTON: (Web Desk)- The US Congress is set to release 28 pages of a congressional report on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks which contain information about alleged Saudi ties, according to a report. The top secret document, which has been kept secret since 2002, could be released as early …

WASHINGTON: (Web Desk)- The Republican-dominated US House of Representatives has passed two bills imposing new restrictions on Iran one year after a historic nuclear agreement. The lower chamber of Congress voted 246 to 179 Thursday to pass a new set of sanctions on the Islamic Republic and 246 to 181 …

WASHINGTON: (Web Desk)- US President Barack Obama has been briefed on a deadly attack in the French city of Nice, the White House says. After a truck rammed into people celebrating the French National Day, commonly known as the Bastille Day, US National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said Obama …

ISLAMABAD: The senior Pakistani Taliban commander, the mastermind of the terrorist attack on the army school in Peshawar, has been killed in a US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, the US commander in Afghanistan told the Pakistan Army Chief on Wednesday. Commander Umar Narai alias Khalifa Umar, leader of the …

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has acknowledged that “bias” against racial minorities still exists across the country despite dramatic improvement in race relations, as the American nation is reeling from a shock in the wake of recent deadly shootings. Obama made the remarks on Tuesday during a memorial service honoring …

WASHINGTON: (Web Desk)- The United States on Monday called on Pakistan and Afghanistan to work together to eliminate safe havens in their border region being used by terrorists to targets innocent civilians in both the neighboring countries. “There’s a shared interest there, and that’s what we’re focused on,” US State …