Islamabad, May 23: (ANI): Drone strikes in Pakistan have fallen sharply since their peak in 2010, perhaps in response to increasing scrutiny of the programme by the US Congress and the American public, according to a media report.

Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States and Myanmar on Tuesday signed a trade and investment framework agreement, announced the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in a statement.

Washington, May 22 (ANI): The Pentagon has asked Congress to give them more than 450 million dollars for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison, which President Barack Obama wants to close.

Washington, May 22 (ANI): The United States has pledged to collaborate with India on developing a global approach to combat increasing terror threats.

Washington, May 22 (ANI): US Vice President Joe Biden cracked a joke about Barack Obama's dependence on prepared text.

Washington, May 21 (ANI): US President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, according to several US government sources.

Washington, May 20 (ANI): Chinese hackers have resumed attacks on America three months after hackers, who worked for a cyber unit of China's People's Liberation Army, went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies.

Washington, May 20 (ANI): President Barack Obama's approval rating has not been hurt by recent scandals, a new poll has shown.

Washington, May 20 (ANI): President Barack Obama will be speaking on his administration's evolving counterterrorism policies on Thursday, a White House official has said.

Washington, May 20 (ANI): In a commencement address at Morehouse College, President Barack Obama said that he feels motivated that he is not in prison, and making young male graduates understand the racial issues and their responsibilities.

Washington, May 19 (ANI): Michelle Obama made light of the failures that her husband, Barack, faced in his life.

Melbourne, May 19 (ANI): The exotic dancer, who was at the center of Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial, revealed at her first court appearance that young women wore nun and nurse costumes to perform "sensual" dances at his "bunga bunga" parties.

Washington, May 18 (ANI): Michelle Obama urged graduates of Bowie State University to encourage more young African Americans to follow in their footsteps and focus on education.

Washington, May 18 (ANI): President Barack Obama has spoken of the importance of fathers to their sons on Friday after a young man he met at a community center in Baltimore mentioned wanting to provide for his sons.

New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama to visit the United States later this year.

Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): President Barack Obama intends to nominate Army Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti to succeed Army Gen. James Thurman as the commander of the U.S. Forces in Korea, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced on Friday at a Pentagon press conference.

London, May 18 (ANI): One of the girls at Silvio Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" parties danced while dressed up as Barack Obama, it has been revealed.

Washington, May 17 (ANI): President Barack Obama has warned a spate of sexual assaults in the military is endangering US national security and vowed to do everything possible to fix the problem.

Washington, May 17 (ANI): A Chinese blogger aged nearly 20 has attracted the regime attention for appealing to President Barack Obama to help save China's environment.

London, May 16 (ANI): President Barack Obama has announced the head of the US tax agency has resigned after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

Lahore, May 15 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has congratulated Pakistan's prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif on his recent victory in the polls, through a phone call, and has also expressed his wish to meet Sharif soon.

Washington, May 13 (ANI): US Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), while responding to Republicans who are calling the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attacks a cover-up worse than Watergate and even floating impeachment, has said he wasn't yet willing to go that far.

Washington, May 13 (ANI): First lady of the United States Michelle Obama wants the next generation to make friends across the political divide with hopes of averting political gridlock in the future.

New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

Wellington, May 10 (ANI): South Korea has turned notorious in adding photoshop effects, emulating its northern counterpart in its attempts to photoshop a photo claiming to show South Korean President Park Geun-hye and US President Barack Obama shaking hands.