US Relationship with Pakistan are extraordinarily complicated: Defense News
WASHINGTON: Describing the US' relationship with Pakistan as extraordinarily complicated, the outgoing Obama administration has hoped that President-elect Donald Trump would deepen counter-terrorism cooperation with the country to make America a safer place. "Obviously, the United States has an extraordinarily complicated relationship, particularly when it comes to national security with Pakistan," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said yesterday. "There are some areas where the United States and Pakis…
Merkel, Obama try to bridge differences on arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel huddled at the White House Monday to evaluate the prospects of reviving an elusive peace plan to end the conflict between Ukraine and pro- Russia n separatists. Hanging over the discussions was a potential split between Obama and Merkel on sending Ukraine defensive weapons to wage a more effective fight against the rebels. The White House has said Obama is reconsidering his opposition to arming Ukraine given a recent surge in violence, while Merkel has ad…
Ukraine welcomes prospect of US military aid
Russia condemns bill due for final approval that would open way for $350m of military hardware to be sent to Ukraine . Russia responded has angrily to news that US senators had passed a bill calling for fresh sanctions against Moscow and the supply of lethal military aid to Ukraine. "Undoubtedly, we will not be able to leave this without a response," deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov told Interfax news agency on Saturday ahead of a meeting between the Russian and US foreign ministers. Ukraine welcomed the bill, …
ISIS’s Oil Revenue Is Falling, Administration Says
The Obama administration believes it has sharply cut back the oil revenues that have made the Islamic State the best funded terrorist organization in history, according to senior US officials. The US has been combining military strikes that target energy infrastructure controlled by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria with heightened tracking of smuggling routes used to move oil through Turkey and Kurdistan, according to these officials. In October, the US Treasury Department estimated that Islamic State , also known as ISIS or ISIL, w…
Russia can soon set up 20-24 nuclear energy units in India
NEW DELHI: Less than two months before Barack Obama 's presence in Delhi as the Republic Day Chief Guest, Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin would unveil on Dec 11 a grand vision document to meet India's energy needs and boost trade and investment ties across wide-ranging sectors including a deal on sovereign fund notwithstanding a recent veiled threat from US official of the risks of doing business with Moscow. The fast changing geo-political scenario has seen Delhi getting closer to US while Moscow has re…
US-India Commerce Ministry officials to discuss corrosion prevention in defence
In a bid to strengthen the country's defence sector, officials from Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry are scheduled to meet U.S. Department of Commerce to discuss adaptation of technologies from the latter for prevention of corrosion and maintenance of equipment standards for the defence sector. India loses billions of dollars every year on corrosion cost and defence sector is one of the contributors along with shipping, heavy industries and petroleum among others. The first round table meeting which wil…
The most embarrassing incident in the history of Pakistan
The Pakistani air force learned about the U.S. raid to kill Osama bin Laden from a television news report about a helicopter crash in Abbottabad. Belatedly, they scrambled fighter jets. But by then, the Americans were long gone. The Pakistani air force learned about the U.S. raid to kill Osama bin Laden from a television news report about a helicopter crash in Abbottabad. Belatedly, they scrambled fighter jets. But by then, the Americans were long gone. In other words: Pakistan had virtually no chance of detecting U.S. choppers as th…
Karzai suspends talks with U.S. over Taliban agreement
The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find a way to end the nearly 12-year war. The move by Hamid Karzai raises tensions significantly and could derail the peace process even before it has begun. In a terse statement from his office, Karzai said negotiations with the U.S. on what American and coalition security forces will remain in the country after 2014 have been put o…
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