President Barack Obama sought a ”new beginning” between the United States and the Muslim world on Thursday.
US President Barack Obama was in Egypt on Thursday to deliver an address that will be crucial to his efforts to repair US ties with the Muslim world.
President Barack Obama launched a landmark Middle East trip on Wednesday, but earned a swift rebuke from Osama bin Laden in a stinging new audiotape.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday voiced confidence that the US can help get ”serious negotiations” between Israel and the Palestinians back on track.
A strong speech in Cairo could help tip the balance in Lebanese and Iranian elections and convince Arabs of American intentions
The Palestinians’ top negotiator said he was ”encouraged” following President Mahmoud Abbas’s White House meeting with Barack Obama.
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to meet with President Barack Obama Thursday as the new US administration steps up pressure on Israel.
The Obamas had a reservation for the night Democrats announced their candidate and the restaurant was looking for a wine that popped.
Tunisia said on Tuesday the North African country is ready to take back for legal examination all its nationals held at Guantánamo Bay.
The former US vice president refuses to be a has-been. His voice appears to carry even more weight than it did in the days of the Bush administration.
The United States government is readying to steer General Motors into bankruptcy, according to a media report on Thursday.
United States President Barack Obama on Thursday aims to grab back the initiative in a riotous debate unleashed by his order to shut Guantánamo Bay.
During an intense first meeting on Monday, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid bare differing approaches.
Relations between President Barack Obama and US corporate leaders have grown tense in recent weeks.
Thousands of Sri Lankans under fire waded across a lagoon to escape the island’s war zone, where the military has surrounded Tiger rebels.
President Barack Obama has reversed a decision to release photos showing abuse of "war on terror" detainees.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday welcomed the election of the United States to the top United Nations rights forum.
An American journalist jailed in Iran will be freed on Monday and can leave the country immediately, her lawyer said.
Dick Cheney insisted on Sunday that intelligence extracted from interrogations of suspected militants had saved "hundreds of thousands" of lives.
US President Barack Obama is set to revive the system of military commissions for prosecuting Guantánamo detainees, but with more legal protections.
The United States told the Syrian government on Thursday it was committed to seeking a peace deal between Syria and Israel.
Barack Obama will urge the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan to put aside mistrust and join Washington in an alliance against Islamic extremists.
Spain’s IOC representative thinks US President Barack Obama has the chance to get the 2016 Olympics for his home city, Chicago.
The White House took a major leap into Web 2.0 on Friday, launching pages on social networks MySpace and Facebook and sending its first "tweets".
Chris McGreal speaks to Americans about Barack Obama’s first 100 days as president .
Twenty-one heads of state have so far confirmed they will be attending African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma’s inauguration.
Barack Obama on Wednesday will mark the 100th day of his presidency after a whirlwind start in which he has signalled a new approach.
A narrow majority of Americans back the president’s decision to release Bush administration torture memos amid high approval ratings.
Diplomats from the world’s biggest greenhouse polluters meet in the US on Monday in a forum aimed at getting a UN agreement to curb global warming.
The fact that waterboarding was repeated so many times on two people suggests that Bush officials lied when they said its use was strictly controlled.
A rights activist says most of Cuba’s political prisoners would rather serve out terms than be part of an exchange for spies imprisoned in the US.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a walkout from his speech to a UN racism summit on Monday when he accused Israel of racism against the Palestinians.