Obama defends spying

Michael Froman, a senior White House economic adviser and classmate of President Barack Obama at Harvard Law School, on Wednesday won Senate confirmation to be the next U.S. trade representative. The confirmation vote was 93-4, elevating the 50-year-old ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday Afghans must talk to each other to resolve the conflict in their country even though huge mistrust exists between the government and its Taliban... Email Print U.S. President Barack Obama ...

Russia's deputy prime minister poured cold water today on US President Barack Obama's proposal to reduce nuclear stockpiles by a third, saying it could not be taken seriously while the United States is developing its missile defence system. "How can we take ...

PRESIDENT Barack Obama has pledged that the United States "will do more" to tackle the threat of climate change and said the world must do likewise before it is too late. "Our generation must move towards a global compact to confront a changing ...

President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended US Internet and phone surveillance programmes which sparked alarm in Europe, saying American spies were not "rifling" through the emails of German and French citizens. Obama insisted that the programmes ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States would step up its attempts to close Guantanamo Bay prison. "Even as we remain vigilant about the threat of terrorism, we must move beyond the mindset of perpetual ...

US President Barack Obama has come out in defense of its surveillance program by alluding to how it has

Oxfam activists depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L), Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama take part in a media event to highlight world hunger during the G8 summit, at Enniskillen Golf Course in Enniskillen, ...

President says nuclear stockpiles can be cut by a third Author: By Tom Cohen CNN Obama renews call to reduce nuclear weapons Show Transcript Hide Transcript Speaking in Berlin, President Barack Obama renews his call to reduce the number of ...