May 24, 2013
US president says the military will be given the responsibility of unmanned aerial programme, taking it away from the CIA. Omar Rahman reports from New York Read Article Obama to set limits on use of drone raids
May 16, 2013
US president has faced accusation after accusation of impinging on civil liberties, disappointing his liberal Democratic base and providing fodder for rival Republicans as he deals with the realities of office. Read Article Obama under fire over civil liberties
Apr 29, 2013
The United States president poked fun at himself as well as some of his political adversaries during the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Read Article Obama turns joker for press dinner
Apr 19, 2013
US president lashes out after a bid to expand background checks for gun buyers - the last meaningful piece of his trimmed effort to retool gun laws after the Newtown school massacre - failed to pass. Read Article Obama furious at 'shameful' defeat of US gun-reform bill
Apr 17, 2013
The FBI said there was no connection between the letter sent to Mr Obama, which was detected at a remote mail facility, another mailed to Republican Senator Roger Wicker, and the blasts at the Boston marathon that killed three people. Read Article Letter laced with ricin found in Obama's mail
Apr 09, 2013
Crowdfunding websites helped companies and individuals worldwide raise US$2.7 billion from members of the public in 2012, an 81 per cent increase on the previous year. Read Article Global crowdfunding expands as alternative source of finance
Apr 06, 2013
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed will visit the US President Barack Obama at the White House later this month. Read Article Abu Dhabi Crown Prince to make Obama visit
Mar 26, 2013
Barack Obama's visit to the West Bank, Israel and Jordan last week inspired little hope among Palestinians for a resumption of talks. Hugh Naylor reports from Ramallah Read Article Washington to pull in Arab League for Israel peace talks
Mar 22, 2013
US president drops support for end to illegal Israeli settlements before talks, saying negotiations should continue "even if there are irritants on both sides". Hugh Naylor reports from Ramallah
Read Article Obama urges Palestinians to join peace talks as Israeli settlements continue
Mar 22, 2013
They are painted on the ground as directional markers for visiting dignitaries, and they are in Mr Obama's and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's foreign policy rhetoric as not-to-be-crossed warnings to Syria and Iran. Read Article The Middle East, where Obama encounters red lines at every turn
