Barack Obama

‘Experience – running nation’: Spotify offers Obama job

NEW YORK: If President Barack Obama is still wondering what to do when he leaves… Read More

Obama defends legacy in letter to American people

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama acclaimed his outgoing administration's accomplishments on Thursday in a letter… Read More

US to transfer four Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON: The United States will transfer four detainees to Saudi Arabia from the Guantanamo Bay… Read More

Trump plans ‘many big things’ and lots more tweeting: spokesman

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is planning to do "many big things" after being sworn in as… Read More

Trump praises Putin for holding back in US-Russia spy dispute

PALM BEACH, FLA./ MOSCOW: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin… Read More

Russia to eject US diplomats in response to sanctions: agencies

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday announced plans to expel 35 US diplomats and ban US diplomatic… Read More

On Pearl Harbor visit, Abe pledges Japan will never wage war again

PEARL HARBOR: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a symbolic visit to Pearl Harbor with… Read More

Obama says he would have outrun Trump, but Trump says, ‘No way!’

HONOLULU: US President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Monday that he would… Read More

Obama points finger at Putin for hacks during U.S. election

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Friday strongly suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally authorized… Read More

Obama to deliver speech defending his counterterrorism fight

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will make the case on Tuesday that his counterterrorism policies have… Read More

Relationship with Pakistan “not smooth” but “important”: US

WASHINGTON: Josh Earnest, White House Press Secretary on Thursday spoke about ‘not-so-friendly’ relationship with Pakistan,… Read More

Obama awards his final Presidential Medals of Freedom

WASHINGTON: Basketball star Michael Jordan, actor Robert De Niro and music legend Bruce Springsteen were… Read More

World economy needs Trump to build bridges, not burn them: experts

PARIS: President-elect Donald Trump's big-spending plan to revitalise US infrastructure could be just the ticket… Read More

Hanks, Springsteen among Obama’s last Medal of Freedom recipients

In one of his final acts in office, President Barack Obama selected key figures in… Read More

WATCH: State Dept spokesman involved in verbal spat with Russian journalist

WASHINGTON: A verbal spat witnessed between US State Department Spokesman John Kirby and a Russian… Read More

US rejects ICC ‘war crimes’ probe

WASHINGTON: The United States insisted Tuesday its soldiers and spies in Afghanistan are not subject… Read More

Trump will get wake-up call when he takes office, says Obama

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump is in for a quick wake-up call and will have to… Read More

This photographer clicked two million photos of Obama in 8 years

WASHINGTON: As United States President Barack Obama's tenure nears its end, there were some of… Read More

Obama on farewell tour to Europe fearful of ‘Trump effect’

WASHINGTON: Barack Obama will travel on Monday to Greece and Germany in a final official… Read More

Trump doesn’t rule out ‘amended’ Obamacare: WSJ

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump said he will consider an "amended" version of President Barack… Read More