Tag: Obama
Obama meets Saudi king as US Iran policy strains alliance
US President Barack Obama met Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday to seek joint action on security threats including Iran and Islamic State, but...
Obama courts Gulf kings keen just to see him go
President Barack Obama will make another trip to Riyadh to consult Washington’s Gulf allies on the crises in Yemen and Syria this week, but...
Obama calls Libya his ‘worst mistake’
Barack Obama says the biggest mistake of his presidency was the lack of planning for the aftermath of the fall of late Libyan leader...
Obama says Clinton never jeopardized national security in email case
US President Barack Obama said Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton never jeopardized national security in the handling of her emails as his secretary of...
Messi ‘would be proud’ to meet Obama
Lionel Messi insists he would be proud to meet the family of US president Barack Obama should the opportunity arise.
During a visit to Buenos...
Obama appeals for political freedoms in speech to Cubans
US President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned appeal for political liberties in Cuba, including freedom of expression and religion, as he spoke directly to...
Obama meets Castro in the heart of revolutionary Havana
US President Barack Obama was received by Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana on Monday at the start of historic talks where the US...
Obama, Castro meet in Cuba;first US president to visit Cuba in...
US President Barack Obama is visiting Cuba on Monday, becoming the first US president to visit Cuba in 88 years.
He is in Cuba pressing...
Obama offers Iranian holiday greetings, heralds new ‘future’
US President Barack Obama offered holiday greetings to Iranians celebrating the first Nowruz, or new year, since a landmark nuclear deal, and welcomed “a...
Obama nominates moderate, veteran judge for US SC
President Barack Obama announced Wednesday his nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, praising the judge as a brilliant legal mind respected on...
Obama, Putin discuss Russia’s ‘partial withdrawal’ from Syria
The White House said presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin discussed Russia's planned military drawdown in Syria on Monday, hours after a shock announcement...
Senior Saudi royal lashes out at Obama over Middle East conflict
A senior Saudi royal has criticised President Barack Obama for comments accusing the longtime US ally of feeding Middle East conflicts.
Saudi Arabia, the world's...
Obama due in Britain in April to make pro-EU case
US President Barack Obama will head to Britain next month and make the case for the UK to stay in the European Union (EU),...
Obama hits out at Cameron, Sarkozy over Libya intervention
In a rare public rebuke of two of Washington’s closest allies, President Barack Obama has hit out at British Prime Minister David Cameron and...
Saudi Arabia, Iran must shape ‘cold peace,’ Obama says
Wars and chaos in the Middle East will not end until Saudi Arabia and Iran can find a way to “share the neighborhood” and...
Obama’s two-state solution for Israel, Palestine under threat
Having twice failed to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, the Obama administration is discussing ways to help preserve the prospect of an increasingly threatened two-state solution,...
SpaceX successfully launches satellite but rocket crash lands
SpaceX has successfully launched a communications satellite to a distant orbit but failed, as expected, to land the first stage of its Falcon 9...
