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Paris, Dec 6: French President Francois Hollande and the US President Barack Obama on Saturday expressed determination to boost common efforts in a bid to combat terrorist cells after suspected followers of the Islamic State killed 14…

Washington, Dec 6: US President Barack Obama will address the nation on Sunday on steps to fight terrorism in the wake of California shooting attack, the White House said. Obama will provide an update on the ongoing investigation into…

Washington, Dec 3: President Barack Obama repeated a call for gun controls reforms as another deadly mass shooting in Southern California left as many as 14 people dead and another 14 injured. Hours after the mass shooting at a centre for…

Washington, Dec 1: US Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan invited President Barack Obama to deliver his final State of the Union address before Congress on January 12, 2016. "As we look ahead to the new year, we have both…

Washington, Nov 26: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a $607-billion annual defence policy bill despite its continued ban on transferring detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to the US. Blasting the…

Washington, Nov 20: US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the US unless they pass strict background checks. The measure was approved on a vote of 289…

Washington, Nov 13: US President Barack Obama will meet the leaders of Germany, Britain, Italy and France on the sidelines of G20 summit next week in Turkey in hopes of making progress in the fight against Islamic State (IS), the White…

Washington, Oct 24: US President Barack Obama has named White House advisor on Iraq Brett McGurk as his new special envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State (IS) terror group, the media reported. Starting next month,…

Washington, Oct 23: Pakistan managed to get a call for an India-Pakistan dialogue to resolve all issues including Kashmir included in a joint statement in return for an assurance that Islamabad would take effective action against Pakistan…

Washington, Oct 21: As Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Washington, the White House made clear that its top priority would be how to take on extremist elements inside Pakistan who have "committed terrible acts of terrorism."…