Barack Obama has warned that BP will ‘pay’ for the environmental damage caused by the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
US President Barack Obama unveiled a new national security strategy on Thursday, replacing former president George Bush’s "war on terror" doctrine.
The oil spill off the south coast of the US now reaches practically all the way to the White House — and President Barack Obama is being soiled.
BP told congressional investigators on Tuesday that pressure tests on a drill pipe showed a fundamental mistake hours before the deadly explosion.
Nasa has officially called it quits for the Mars landing craft <i>Phoenix</i>, two years after the stationary probe touched down.
With a BP well spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico for a fifth week and President Barack Obama under pressure to act, legal experts say it is only a matter of time before his administration begins a criminal investigation into the disaster.
Small businesses can find clever, affordable ways
to access market research, writes <b>Ben Kelly</b>.
US President Barack Obama was dispatching two Cabinet secretaries to the fouled Gulf Coast on Monday to keep pressure on energy giant BP.
With the smell of Jamaican jerk chicken and Indian biryani wafting through stands, New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 28 runs in the US on Saturday.
US President Barack Obama on Saturday blamed the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill on "a breakdown of responsibility" at energy giant BP.
Eric Schmidt on Friday said he suspects suppressing criticism is a factor behind the move to block YouTube in Pakistan in the name of Islam.
Anger, skepticism and accusations of lying washed over energy giant BP on Friday as it desperately pursued efforts to contain a month-old leak.
In 2007 Barack Obama commemorated a civil rights march on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, on a day seen as the true launch of his presidential campaign.
Despite an impressive run, some investors are
still advising caution, writes <b>Gareth Stokes</b>.
Conditions are ideal to put part of your savings overseas and secure real returns, writes <b>Gareth Stokes</b>.
Lance Armstrong on Thursday dismissed accusations of doping levelled against him by disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be in the political spotlight in Washington on Tuesday, as energy giant BP scrambles to contain the spill.
Call for regulator to halt sale of iPhones, iPads and iPods in the US as fight between Apple and HTC grows increasingly acrimonious.
A late self-portrait by "pope of pop" Andy Warhol sold for a record $32,5-million at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday.
BP engineers desperately explored options on Sunday to control oil gushing from a ruptured well deep under the Gulf of Mexico.
Senior White House officials believe Times Square car bomb was the work of a Pakistani Taliban group, rather than a "lone wolf" attacker.
The US military is experimenting with aromatherapy, acupuncture and other unorthodox methods to treat soldiers traumatised by combat experiences.
BP has suffered a setback in an attempt to contain oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico with a metal dome when crystallised gas filled the structure.
President Barack Obama said on Friday that regulators would look for ways to prevent a repeat of Thursday’s mysterious stock market meltdown.
For fishermen whose livelihoods are threatened by the oil leak, the offer of jobs by energy giant BP to help clean up the spill
The United States said this week it is trying to promote a new type of trade, where Africa will add more value to its own raw materials.
The oil gushing unchecked from an undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico could permanently scar coastal lands and bring down some energy companies.
US authorities were still questioning a Pakistani-American man on Wednesday, who they say admitted trying to bomb New York’s Times Square.
The actor Lynn Redgrave has died, her family said. She was 67. Her publicist Rick Miramontez said Redgrave died on Sunday night.
A man of Pakistani origin has been arrested on suspicion he bought the vehicle used in the failed car bombing in New York’s Times Square last weekend.
Tony Hayward meets United States politicians and regulators as criticism of oil giant’s reaction to well blow-out mounts.
Investigators combed through security video and other evidence on Monday in the hunt for suspects in a failed car bombing in New York’s Times Square.