APN News

  • Friday, April, 2024| Today's Market | Current Time: 05:37:18
  • Strong US economy key to global recovery: Obama

    President Barack Obama said a strong, job-creating economy in the United States would be the country’s most important contribution to a global recovery as he pleaded with world leaders to work together despite sharp differences. Arriving in South Korea today for the G-20 summit, Obama is expected to find himself on the defensive because of […]

    Zardari to visit China for Asiad opening ceremony

    Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will pay a visit to China his sixth since assuming office in 2008 this week to attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games and to meet Chinese government and business leaders. Zardari’s visit during November 11th-13th will take him to Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. This will also […]

    US open to keeping troops in Iraq after 2011: Gates

    US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request. “In terms of the future strategic relationship beyond the end of 2011, would say that the initiative clearly needs to come from the Iraqis,” Gates […]

    Obama: Progress in ending mistrust with Muslims

    President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is making progress toward ending the misunderstanding and mistrust between Muslim countries and the United States, but the effort is incomplete. The president, at a news conference in the world’s largest Muslim country, also criticised Israel’s plans to build new apartments in disputed East Jerusalem. “This kind of […]

    Iran says nuclear fuel swap talk an ‘independent’ issue

    Iran reiterated on Tuesday that the nuclear fuel swap issue was separate from its overall atomic programme for which the six world powers and Tehran are expected to hold talks later this month.  “We have said from the beginning that these two issues are independent from one another,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told […]

    President Obama lands in Indonesia

    US President Barack Obama on Tuesday landed in Indonesia, seeking to engage the Muslim world and cement strategic relations with Southeast Asia’s biggest economy on the second leg of his Asia tour.  Air Force One touched down under stormy skies at Halim Perdanakusuma military airport outside Jakarta, where Obama and First Lady Michelle were greeted […]

    20-yr-old jailed for stabbing Indian student in Australia

    An Australian court tuesday sentenced a 20-year-old youth to three years in youth detention for stabbing an Indian student in Melbourne last year.  Victorian Court Judge Duncan Allen sentenced Jesse James Donnachie to three years in a youth justice centre, saying “You were in all probability significantly affected by psychotic symptoms at the time” of […]

    Obama concludes India visit, leaves for Indonesia

    US President Barack Obama Tuesday left New Delhi for Indonesia after his three-day visit to India, during which he announced support for New Delhi’s bid for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council and asked Pakistan to bring perpetrators of 26/11 attacks to justice. Obama and his wife Michelle were given a warm send-off […]

    US troops to begin pullout from Afghanistan next year: Obama

    US President Barack Obama on Monday said American troops will begin pulling out from Afghanistan next year but made it clear that his country will not leave the people or the region to violent extremists “who threaten us all.” Obama claimed the US-led coalition forces were making progress in their mission to break the Taliban’s […]

    Disagreements snag Turkey-S Korea talks on nuclear plant

    A possible deal with South Korea for the construction of a nuclear power plant in northern Turkey is being held up by disagreement on terms, a senior Turkish official was quoted as saying today. Turkey has said it remains open to proposals from other companies if better terms are offered for the project, estimated to […]