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US President Barack Obama said that local forces should be the main forces to fight the extremist group the Islamic State (IS) and currently there was no plan for his administration to send more troops abroad. Obama on Monday told…

President Barack Obama used the politically incorrect n-word during an interview to assert that racism persists in the US, including many forms that are not overt, and the nation was not "cured of it". "Racism, we are not cured of it.…

Washington, June 10 (IANS): US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for efforts from supporters to protect the Affordable Care Act just weeks before the law could face its biggest legal challenge to date. During a half-hour speech to…

Washington, May 22 (IANS/EFE): President Barack Obama said in an interview published Thursday that the US is not losing the fight against the Islamic State radical group in Iraq and Syria, but he acknowledged that it will be necessary to…

US President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro shook hands prior to the inauguration of the 7th Summit of the Americas, a meeting in which the Communist nation is participating for the first time. The gathering in the…

US President Barack Obama telephoned Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday to express condolences for the 147 lives lost in an attack on a Kenyan university by the Somali terrorist group Al Shabab, the White House said. "The president…

Recalling the historic address of Indian savant Swami Vivekananda, US President Barack Obama Tuesday began his town hall meeting at the Siri Fort Auditorium with the invocation "Sisters and Brothers of India" and talked about how the…

The much anticipated visit of US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle to Agra has been cancelled, Uttar Pradesh government officials said Saturday. A government spokesman told that the presidential visit "for all practical purposes…

Tight security arrangements have been made in the capital and other parts of the country following visit of US President Barak Obama. He will reach New Delhi on 25 January, to attend Republic Day Parade as Chief Guest on 26 January. Today,…

A high alert has been sounded in Agra ahead of the visit of the US President Barack Obama Jan 27, officials said Saturday. Special officials and personnel of the local intelligence unit (LIU) have been asked to step up vigil and stay in…