US President Barack Obama

Without family support I could have been in prison: Obama

President Obama, who in recent weeks has shed any reticence to talk about racism and discrimination in American life, suggested inside the walls of a federal prison in Oklahoma on Thursday that under different circumstances, he could have been there as an inmate rather than as president.
19 July 2015, 08:42 AM

Iran nuclear deal: '99% of world agrees' says Obama

Critics of the nuclear agreement with Iran are at odds with "99% of the world and the majority of nuclear experts", US President Barack Obama has said.
16 July 2015, 09:31 AM

Bill Cosby likely to keep medal: Obama

US President Barack Obama says there are no plans to revoke Bill Cosby's Medal of Freedom amid allegations that the comedian raped as many as 40 women.
16 July 2015, 05:54 AM

A crowded bandwagon of hopefuls

In another fifteen months, the world's eyes will be riveted on the United States to see who the next US President will be.
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Obama greets Muslims on Ramadan

US President Barak Obama offers his “warmest greetings” to the Muslims who are observing the holy month of Ramadan in the United States and abroad.
18 June 2015, 15:51 PM

US strategy on Iraq not yet complete: Obama (video)

The US does not yet have a "complete strategy" for helping Iraq regain territory from Islamic State (IS), President Barack Obama has said.
9 June 2015, 05:35 AM

Time running out for Greece: Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that time is running out for a deal to keep Greece in the eurozone.
9 June 2015, 04:56 AM

Obama pressed to disclose ‘redacted pages’ of 9/11 report

US President Barack Obama is facing fresh challenges to reveal some 28 redacted pages of a top Senate report of 9/11.
8 June 2015, 10:46 AM

Russians ‘accessed Obama’s emails’

Russian hackers who gained access to the White House computer system last year are able to read President Obama's unclassified emails, the New York Times has reported.
26 April 2015, 05:38 AM

US and Cuba hold highest-level meeting after 50 years

The highest level meeting between US and Cuba takes place in Panama for the first time in more than half a century.
10 April 2015, 06:17 AM

Obama: China 'using muscle' to dominate in South China Sea

Barack Obama says the US is concerned China is using "sheer size and muscle" to strong-arm smaller nations in the sea row.
10 April 2015, 04:49 AM

Dumb's the Word

A closet Muslim US President strikes a nuclear deal with the Shia Muslim President of Iran that enrages the Jewish Prime Minister of Israel.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Why Europe Backs Obama on Iran

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems close to ordering a general mobilization of his country's military, and Republicans in the United States are preparing for a ferocious battle with President Barack Obama's administration, in the wake of the framework nuclear agreement with Iran.
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Obama in Selma: Our march is not over

US President Barack Obama rallied a new generation of Americans in a forceful speech in Selma, Alabama on the 50th anniversary
8 March 2015, 05:44 AM

New York trio 'tried to join IS'

FBI arrests three foreign nationals living in Brooklyn who agents say sought to join the Islamic State
26 February 2015, 05:21 AM