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Empty venues 'not as much fun': Rapinoe
American women’s team footballer unimpressed by lack of atmosphere after 4-2 penalty shootout win
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American Biles on five-gold mission
Gymnastic star will be hot favourite with Lee, Chiles, McCallum to win US third team title
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US calls for 'renewed, meaningful' engagement amid surge in Afghan violence
Afghans deserve to live in dignity and at peace, says Chargé d'Affaires to Afghanistan Ross Wilson
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Nigeria shock US in pre-Olympic basketball friendly
Become first African nation to beat Durant-led side 90-87 in first of five tune-up games
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US men's team to honour Bryant at Olympics: Durant
Basketball star says team will look to emulate late legend’s teachings in Tokyo
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Biden presses Putin to act on ransomware attacks, hints at retaliation
US President Biden increased pressure on President Vladimir Putin on Friday
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US and China: co-existence predicament
Continuing surge in competition between the United States and China over a host of issues
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New US envoy for North Korea looks forward to 'positive response' on dialogue
"Hopefully dialogue indicates that we will get a positive response soon"
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Blinken says U.S. and India united in tackling Covid-19
Antony Blinken said on Friday Washington is determined to help India with its coronavirus crisis
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Erdogan calls on US executives for better ties with Turkey
Turkish president criticises White House's decision to call the 1915 Ottoman massacre of Armenians a genocide
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Pakistan wants to forge closer economic, trade linkages with US: Qureshi
Peace in Afghanistan is a shared responsibility of all Afghan parties as well as key int'l stakeholders, says FM
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Washington denies Iran state media report saying prisoner swap agreed
Iranian state television says Tehran would free four Americans in exchange for four Iranians held in US
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New US Covid cases fall sharply last week, deaths lowest since October
New cases of Covid-19 in the United States fell 16% last week to about 409,000
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Biden's climate summit zeroes in on technology to help fight global warming
Biden called the two-day meeting with dozens of heads-of-state
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Biden's climate summit zeroes in on technology to help fight global warming
Thursday's Earth Day kickoff sought to rally world ambition to reduce global warming
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US to double public climate finance to developing countries by 2024
White House says it was embracing 'ambitious but attainable goals' for international aid to developing countries
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Saudi and Iranian officials held talks to patch up relations
The first round of Saudi-Iranian talks took place in Baghdad on April 9
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US set to slap new sanctions on Russia as soon as Thursday
The action will add a new chill to the already frosty relations between Washington and Moscow
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US blacklists alleged Pakistan-based human smuggling organisation
US Treasury Department says it blacklisted Pakistani national Abid Ali Khan
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Pakistan's push to reset ties with US met with lukewarm response
Officials admit Biden administration has so far given a cold shouldered response
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US says any approach to North Korea will have to be in 'lockstep' with allies
Denuclearisation will remain at the center of US policy toward North Korea
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US Covid-19 response could have avoided nearly 400,000 deaths: research
United States squandered both money and lives in its response to the coronavirus pandemic
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Pakistan reaches out to regional players in Afghan peace
Special envoy Sadiq briefs Iran FM about Islamabad’s efforts to facilitate peace deal
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China says hopes US will remove 'unreasonable' restrictions on cooperation
US President Joe Biden singled out a “growing rivalry with China” as a key challenge facing the United States
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‘Holding Olympics in Beijing inappropriate’
Former US secretary of state Pompeo calls for country to boycott 2022 Winter Games
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US President Biden, Canada's Trudeau to meet virtually next week
An event, both neighboring countries said, would highlight their strong and deep ties
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Israel hints it may not engage Biden on Iran nuclear strategy
“We will not be able to be part of such a process if the new administration returns to that deal”
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Presidents Biden and Xi hold first phone call amid tense US-China relations
Biden said a free and open Indo-Pacific was a priority, Xi warned confrontation would be disaster for both nations
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Iran produces uranium metal, IAEA says, in latest breach of deal
France, Britain, and Germany, all parties to the deal, said they were “deeply concerned”
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US to revoke terrorist designation of Yemen's Houthis due to famine
The reversal comes a day after President Joe Biden declared a halt to US support for the military campaign in Yemen
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Blinken presses China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong in call with Beijing's top diplomat
Both sides must respect each other’s political systems and development paths, Chinese Foreign Ministry said
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Kremlin says Biden's comments on Russia are 'aggressive, unconstructive rhetoric'
Biden promised a new era of US foreign policy in his first diplomatic address as president, on Thursday
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Prominent Hezbollah critic killed in Lebanon
Judge following case says body of Lokman Slim had four bullets in head and one in back
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US, Australia discuss China and Myanmar in first leaders call, White House says
The strength of the US-Australia alliance “remains an anchor of stability in the Indo-Pacific and the world,”
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US expels dozens of Haitian asylum seekers to Mexico
US authorities returned dozens of Haitians to the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez from El Paso, Texas
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Washington Post scrubs negative Kamala Harris article; restores it after backlash
WaPo adds a link to original article, admits to making an editorial mistake
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IHC terms foreign ministry's report on Dr Aafia Siddiqui 'unsatisfactory'
Summons an official of the level of foreign secrtetary at next hearing; directs federal govt to submit progress report
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US reaffirms ‘long-term’ security partnership with Pakistan
US assistant defence secretary thanks Pakistan for supporting Afghan peace talks
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Trump gives awards to top aides for Arab-Israeli deals
Senior US officials hope to seal one more agreement before Trump’s term expires on Jan 20
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US in a position to stop Indian subversive activities in Pakistan: envoy
Ambassador Khan says India responsible for resurgence of attacks in Pakistan
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Pakistani-American Ali Zaidi named in Biden’s climate team
Zaidi is the highest ranking Pakistani-American in Biden's administration
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California woman admits scam to obtain $500,000 in Covid-19 benefits
She faces a maximum of 10 years in federal prison when she is sentenced in April
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WHO says Beijing welcomes Covid-19 investigators trip to China
Chinese state media suggested the virus existed abroad before it was discovered in Wuhan
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US gaming platform to delay IPO
It is working with advisers to improve process to benefit employees, investors
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Former CIA chief claims Israel helped US locate Osama Bin Laden
John Brennan says Israel provided bits of pieces of information to help US raid Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad
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PM Imran welcomes Biden's intention to target illicit wealth
Says developing countries being "impoverished by their corrupt elites who launder money to rich countries"
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Moderna plans 100 million Covid vaccine doses in early 2021
Between 85 and 100 million doses to be distributed in US, with rest of world receiving remaining 15 to 25 million
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Baby born from record-setting 27-year-old frozen embryo in US
Frozen in October 1992, the embryo stayed that way until February 2020 when it was adopted
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US Covid deaths top 250,000 as New York City schools halt in-person classes
The country reports 11.5 million infections since the pandemic emerged
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G-20 strikes historic debt pact to help poorer states hit by Covid
G-20 finance officials agree more help was needed than a current freeze in official debt payments