Obama
5 Jun 2016
The world is invited to the funeral of Muhammad Ali in his hometown on Friday where the boxing legend's life will be celebrated with a public funeral procession and memorial service, a family spokesman said.
27 May 2016
Nuclear-armed North Korea has ridiculed US President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima as the "childish" diplomatic ploy of a "nuclear war fanatic."
26 May 2016
Sir: He started the race to the White House as a non-starter, more of a joker, sort of, so everybody thought. The Republican mainstream, that is, the Grand Old Party (GOP) establishment ...
26 May 2016
United States (U.S.) President Barack Obama urged communist Vietnam on Tuesday to abandon authoritarianism, saying basic human rights would not jeopardize its stability ...
23 May 2016
President Barack Obama on Monday confirmed Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US air strike, hailing his death as an "important milestone" in efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan.
23 May 2016
The United States has fully lifted its ban on weapons sales to Vietnam, President Barack Obama announced on Monday during a visit to Hanoi, unpicking a decades-old embargo on the one-time enemy.
23 May 2016
United States (U.S.) President Barack Obama left Washington yesterday for his first visit to Vietnam, a trip aimed at sealing the transformation ...
20 May 2016
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton yesterday criticized presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying his recent behaviour shows he’s not qualified to be president.
10 May 2016
Trade, security and human rights will top the agenda when US President Barack Obama visits Vietnam later this month, a State Department official said Tuesday, adding there was "no decision" yet on lifting an arms embargo to its former wartime foe.
6 May 2016
President Barack Obama called Friday for Donald Trump's White House bid -- and his past record -- to be held up to close scrutiny as he warned the US presidency was not a "reality show."
10 Mar 2016
Barack Obama welcomed Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House Thursday, for a pageantry and pomp-filled "official visit and state dinner" designed to rejuvenate US-Canada ties.
2 Sep 2015
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday earned sufficient congressional backing to ensure the international deal to roll back Iran's nuclear program goes into effect, when a 34th senator announced her support for the accord. Most US lawmakers are opposed to the deal, which would ease punishing economic sanctions on Tehran while preventing Iran from advancing…
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