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Obama criticises ‘politics of division’, says it takes US ’50 years...
Former United States (US) President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail on Thursday, railing against the “politics of division” after keeping a low...
Barack Obama returns to political arena
Barack Obama is returning to the political arena for the first time in months after keeping a low profile and avoiding direct confrontation with...
Obama personally warned Zuckerberg over fake news: report
Former US President Barack Obama personally urged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to counter the rise of fake news on the social network during a...
Afghan president says Trump war plan has better chance than Obama’s
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s strategy to win the war in Afghanistan will work where his predecessor’s...
Obama takes lucrative turn as Wall Street speaker
NEW YORK: Barack Obama has begun cashing in on his time in the White House with paid Wall Street speeches less than a year...
Obama never kept tabs on US citizens: spokesman
WASHINGTON: Former US president Barack Obama never ordered surveillance on any American citizen, a spokesman said on Saturday, after current President Donald Trump accused his...
US president says ‘haters’ unfairly tie him to Russia
US President Donald Trump says it's no fair "the haters" tie him to Russian President Vladimir Putin when President Barack Obama was the one...
Obama doesn’t regret ‘red line’ over Syria conflict
US President Barack Obama says he does not regret his speech drawing a “red line” over Syria’s use of chemical weapons, a phrase critics...
New Congress prepares to undo Obamacare, weigh Trump personnel picks
A new, Republican-controlled US Congress convenes on Tuesday eager to repeal major portions of President Barack Obama's healthcare law and roll back environmental and...
Obama planning Jan. 10 farewell address in Chicago
US President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address on Jan. 10 to reflect on his time in office and say thank you to...
Obama acknowledges Pakistani scholar Nasir Hunzai on his 100th birthday
United States President Barack Obama congratulated renowned Pakistani scholar and poet Professor Allama Nasiruddin Hunzai on his 100th birth anniversary and hoped that his...
Obama offers US assistance to Turkey after Istanbul attack
President Barack Obama expressed condolences on Saturday for the attack at a night club in Istanbul and directed his team to offer US help...
Obama praises Pakistani scholar on 100th birthday
US President Barack Obama has praised renowned Pakistani scholar Allama Nasiruddin Hunzai on his 100th birth anniversary, saying his work will continue to broaden...
Obama just made it harder for Trump to create a Muslim...
The Department of Homeland Security will take apart the vestiges of a controversial program that was used to register and track visitors from Muslim-majority...
International experts condemn US for backing Indian NSG bid
International experts and diplomats have condemned Obama administration for supporting Indian bid to become a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
Daryl Kimball, Executive Director...
Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault
Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its "shameful" decision not to veto a...
Obama confident he could have won the White House again
President Barack Obama says he could have been reelected for a third term and that the nation still largely embraces his political vision despite...