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WASHINGTON: Extremist "madmen" from the Islamic State group would not hesitate to launch a catastrophic nuclear attack, US President Barack Obama warned at a global summit in Washington on Friday.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif will visit the US from Sunday, a trip analysts say will underscore security issues facing Islamabad and Washington in the region as well as the imbalance in civilian-military power in Pakistan.

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is poised to release a much-anticipated report on shutting down Guantanamo Bay, even as Congress battles to block the transfer of the military prison inmates from Cuba to US soil.

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday called on President Barack Obama at the White House and held wide-ranging discussions including nuclear security and defence cooperation. The two leaders expressed their conviction that a resilient U.S.-Pakistan partnership is vital to regional and global peace and security and reaffirmed their commitment to address evolving threats in South Asia, read a joint statement issued after the meeting.

WASHINGTON: Pakistan on Wednesday handed evidences of Indian involvement in destabilizing it by supporting terrorist groups to the United States (US), ARY News reported.

SYDNEY: The rise of selfie photography in some of the world's most beautiful, and dangerous, places is sparking a range of interventions aimed at combating risk-taking that has resulted in a string of gruesome deaths worldwide.

NAIROBI: President Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother, known as Mama Sarah, vowed on Friday to cook a traditional meal for her grandson when he visits the East African nation, the birthplace of his father, later this month.

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WASHINGTON: NBC's "Saturday Night Live" comedian Cecily Strong will headline the 2015 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Washington's annual mixer attended by members of the media, celebrities and the U.S. president.

BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR: President Barack Obama has acknowledged that U.S. intelligence underestimated the rise of Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, where the head of an al Qaeda branch warned militants will attack the West in retaliation for U.S.-led air strikes.

WASHINGTON: Eric Holder, the first black U.S. attorney general and one of President Barack Obama's closest allies, will announce on Thursday he is stepping down after a contentious term marked by advances in civil rights and frequent battles with Republicans in Congress.

WASHINGTON: The United States announced on Tuesday it will send 3,000 troops to help tackle the Ebola outbreak as part of a ramped-up plan, including a major deployment in Liberia, the country where the epidemic is spiraling fastest out of control.

MINNEAPOLIS: U.S. law enforcement is investigating a new phenomenon of women from the American heartland joining Islamic State as President Barack Obama vows to cut off the militants' recruiting at home.

JEDDAH: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Arab leaders on Thursday to support President Barack Obama's plans for a new military campaign against Islamic State militants including help with greater overflight rights for U.S. warplanes.

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Saturday urged business owners to press Congress to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which could halt any new financing Sept. 30 - as some conservative Republicans hope it will - if lawmakers fail to act.

WASHINGTON: U.S. war planes continue to strike Islamic State targets in Iraq despite the militants' killing of a U.S. journalist in retaliation for President Barack Obama's air campaign in Iraq, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

OAK BLUFFS: President Barack Obama gave Americans an update on U.S. military strikes in Iraq on Saturday from a podium on the White House lawn with Marine One, the presidential helicopter, parked in the background.

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said corporate America has done well under his economic policies, telling the Economist magazine that CEOs should stop complaining about regulations and show greater social responsibility.

CAIRO: Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the United States wanted Iraqis to find an inclusive leadership to contain a sweeping Islamist...

BAGHDAD/ARBIL: President Barack Obama refused to rule out U.S. action in Iraq against Sunni Islamist militants who have surged out of the north to...