The White House welcomed flocks of costumed children to its annual Halloween event where President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, gave out candy and fruit bars.

U.S. President Barack Obama urges Pakistan to avoid developments in its nuclear weapons programme that could increase risks and instability.

The White House has strongly condemned a visit to Moscow by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Hillary Clinton attacks her main rival Bernie Sanders on gun laws at the Democratic presidential debate.

Turkey is beginning three days of mourning after two blasts at a peace rally in the capital Ankara killed at least 95 people on Saturday, the deadliest ever such attack in Turkey.

China's President Xi Jinping is set to unveil a landmark pledge on climate change and curbing harmful emissions, White House officials say.

US President Barack Obama to unveil what he called the "biggest, most important step we've ever taken" to fight climate change on Monday.

Selfie lovers will now be able to snap themselves in the US president's residence, after the White House lifted a decades-old ban on photography.

Selfie lovers will now be able to snap themselves in the US president's residence, after the White House lifted a decades-old ban on photography.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe mocks America's decision to legalise gay marriage by vowing to travel to the White House and proposing to Barack Obama.

The US spends more than $9m (£5.7m) a day on the war against Islamic State, and has poured $2.7bn (£1.7bn) into the bombing campaign since the start.

Parts of the White House and a Senate office building evacuated after telephone bomb threats.

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.

A temporary security lockdown at the US Capitol comes to an end after a man shot himself dead in front of the complex on Saturday, police said.

President Barack Obama tells PM Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would 'reassess' its options on US-Israel relations and Middle East diplomacy after the Israeli PM took position against Palestinian statehood during his re-election campaign, according to a White House official