US senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted to cut aid to Islamabad by 33 million dollars -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.
Fidel Castro's niece hailed Barack Obama's support for gay marriage and the loosening of US-Cuba travel restrictions, saying: "I would vote for President Obama."
Patrick Fitzgerald, the tough-talking US Attorney who prosecuted a slew of highly-publicised cases including those leading to the conviction of Mumbai attack suspect David Headley and former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, has resigned.
The hotel maid who had accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her has expanded her civil lawsuit against the former IMF chief to include a clause of "gender-motivated violence".
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Norwegian Sea on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
At least seven people were wounded after a fire broke out overnight on a US Navy's nuclear-powered submarine, the Navy said on Thursday.
Justifying prosecution of Shakil Afridi, a doctor who helped CIA in finding Osama bin Laden, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said it is against the law in any country to cooperate with foreign intelligence.
14-year-old Rahul Nagvekar took the top prize at the National Geographic Bee. It was a close victory. He and runner-up Vansh Jain had finished the championship round tied after five questions.
Days after the Nato summit in Chicago endorsed his exit plan from Afghanistan, US President Barack Obama on Thursday said that he would end the Afghan war by 2014.
US company SpaceX on Tuesday became the first commercial outfit to send its own spacecraft toward the International Station with the launch of the cargo-bearing Dragon capsule.
The US Senate unanimously approved on Monday a package of new economic sanctions on Iran's oil sector just days ahead of a meeting in Baghdad between major world powers and Tehran.
Republican Mitt Romney won primary votes on Tuesday in the southern states of Alabama and Kentucky, bringing him within arm's reach of scoring the delegates needed for his party's formal White House nomination.
A US Senate panel voted cuts in aid to Pakistan on Tuesday and threatened to withhold even more cash if Islamabad does not reopen its supply routes for NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, reflecting American frustration over a months-long standoff.
Lawyers for the hotel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault added another claim to her civil lawsuit against him on Tuesday, taking advantage of a little-used New York City law that applies to "gender-motivated violence."
US defence secretary Leon Panetta would travel to India on a two-day official visit in the first week of June, the Pentagon has announced.