Barack Obama’s decision to name Hillary Rodham Clinton as his Secretary of State likely will be viewed as one of the defining moments in the shaping of his administration. But at the heart of the new union between one-time rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination lies the question: Why?
President-elect Barack Obama Monday formally announced a national security team that is led by his onetime chief Democratic rival and includes a top member of President Bush’s Cabinet — a bipartisan group that he said shares his pragmatism and his commitment to strengthen America’s standing in the world.
Mumbai police said over the weekend that the only gunman they’d captured during the attacks — which left nearly 200 dead and more than 300 wounded — claimed to belong to a Pakistani militant group.
In the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan Army chief has informed the country's leadership that if tensions with India mount further, the military has to move troops from its restive tribal areas to the eastern borders, ending the war against local militants.
Describing terrorism as an enemy of all civilised countries and people, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has asked both India and Pakistan to maintain calm in the aftermath of the terror attacks in Mumbai.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has summoned political leaders to develop a national consensus policy on India as bilateral tension grows after a militant attack on Mumbai, Gilani’s spokesman said.
It sounds like a counter-terrorism official's worst-case scenario: how to protect a global network of lightly guarded (at best) sites, all filled with unarmed civilians and publicly identified as prime targets.
As evidence mounts that last week’s attacks in Mumbai may have originated on Pakistani soil, American officials’ aggressive campaign to strike at militants in Pakistan may complicate efforts to prevent an Indian military response, which could lead to a conflict between the bitter enemies.
As tensions between Pakistan and India mount, Pakistan's bloggers community is going the extra mile to show solidarity with Mumbaikars even though they have had to face the music from some of their countrymen.
Britain divides its Indian empire into secular but mainly Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan, triggering one of the greatest and bloodiest migrations of modern history.
Mumbai hotels that came under attack. Emanuele Lattanzi, a chef in the Oberoi, joined soldiers battling militants in the building to find his wife and daughter.
Meeting for the second time within hours to discuss the fallout of the Mumbai terror attacks amid suspected Pakistani links, Pakistan Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani briefed the civilian leadership about the operational preparedness of the military to address any eventuality.
