US lawmakers have rebuked President Obama over American involvement in Libya, amid reports indicating Muammar Gaddafi might abandon Tripoli.
US First Lady Michelle Obama met Nelson Mandela at his home on Tuesday in a rare visit for the ageing icon.
Michelle Obama has arrived in Pretoria for what officials have billed as her first major solo overseas trip as US first lady, to SA and Botswana.
Republican presidential candidates led by frontrunner Mitt Romney used their first big televised debate to lash out at President Barack Obama.
The White House went all out to underscore the theme of friendship at Tuesday’s state dinner for German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Barack Obama’s hopes of re-election to the White House next year took a knock on Tuesday with the publication of a poll showing him in a dead heat.
President Barack Obama has welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House, as US pageantry masked key differences between the allies.
Michelle Obama will visit South Africa and Botswana later in June on an official visit, with her daughters Malia and Sasha, the White House has said.
Leading Republican contender Mitt Romney leapt into the 2012 White House race on Thursday, delivering a damning critique of President Barack Obama.
The counter-revolution in economics is almost complete, writes <b>Larry Elliott</b>.
The death toll from one of the worst tornadoes ever to hit the US rose to 132 on Friday as crews continued to search the rubble for survivors.
The Israeli premier has spurned American pressure to make a significant gesture towards peace to stave off international support.
Far from being wishy-washy, Christians are right to be wary of any justification for violence.
In his book, <i>Audacity of Hope</i>, US President Barack Obama described himself as a Rorschach test.
US President Barack Obama has signed into law a four-year extension of controversial counter-terrorism search and surveillance powers.
It has been a week of shocking revelations, although not in the sense that the poor idiots who believed in the rapture would have liked.
In a rallying call to the Western world, President Obama has denied that the rise of China, India and Brazil means the decline of Europe and the US.
US President Barack Obama held talks with UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday, grappling with the turmoil across the Arab world.
US President Barack Obama will on Wednesday swap royal ceremony for diplomatic talks on the final day of his state visit to the UK.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he would uproot settlements in a "generous" peace deal with Palestinians, but ruled out a return to 1967 borders.
US President Barack Obama has flown into Ireland to celebrate part of his heritage and bolster the confidence of a nation hard hit by economic woes.
Applause as president sets out his plan for Middle East peace — but insists talks must be based on Israel’s 1967 borders.
Barack Obama failed to resolve the rift with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu over the Middle East peace process after talks.
European powers have welcomed a speech by US President Barack Obama calling for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on 1967 borders.
As fears about Pakistan’s nuclear security mount, the US Congress is calling for decisive action.
Obama lost no time in making political capital from Bin Laden’s death scheduling a high-profile appearance at New York’s Ground Zero.
It is hard to be sympathetic to Osama bin Laden, despite his pitiless assassination at the hands of United States special forces.
SA’s response to the US assassination of Osama bin Laden has highlighted tensions and dilemmas in its foreign policy.
US President Barack Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero in New York, in a bid to bring closure to 9/11 victims’ families after the death of Bin Laden.
Pakistan’s military has demanded the US reduce its troops in the country to a "minimum" as fallout from the killing of Osama bin Laden intensifies.
The White House has revised its version of what happened during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s home in several significant ways.
Obama told CBS’s <em>60 minutes</em> that he was "absolutely certain" Bin Laden was dead but that the US did not need to "spike the football".