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Two more secret service agents resign; Obama blames "knuckleheads"

Two more U.S. Secret Service agents are resigning over a Colombia prostitution scandal, the agency said on ...

US: North Korea should refrain from hostile acts

The White House Tuesday warned North Korea to refrain from future hostile acts amid indications Pyongyang could soon ...

President's Council on Jobs to Meet in Community Following Operation HOPE Bus Tour in Los Angeles, A

-     At the invitation of Operation HOPE, President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness ...

Obama wants "rigorous" secret service investigation

US President Barack Obama said he expected a "rigorous" investigation into a sex scandal involving Secret Service ...

N Korea keeps mum on failure of rocket launch

North Korea remained silent on Friday`s long-range rocket launch, including its failure, as South Korea and the ...

US diplomat heads to E Asia amid N Korea tensions

A senior US diplomat will travel to Japan, South Korea, India and Singapore next week, the State Department said, as ...

Iraq Kurd leader accuses PM Maliki of `dictatorship`

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, ...

Obama to raise arms cuts with putin in may: official

President Barack Obama will Monday commit to raising the possibility of fresh nuclear arms cuts with new Russian ...

Obama visits border amid N. Korea tensions

US President Barack Obama visited the tense inter-Korean border Sunday, calling it "freedom`s frontier", as he weighs ...

Obama calls Palestinian President Abbas

US President Barack Obama called Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Monday and assured him that the peace process ...

Thousands rally for Syria at White House protest

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the White House Saturday to demand that the United States "stop the massacre ...

Obama, Karzai reaffirm 2014 withdrawal: US

US President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Friday reaffirmed that US troops would leave ...

Panetta acknowledges troubling events in afghanistan

The US defense chief held talks in Afghanistan on Wednesday, acknowledging that a series of "deeply troubling" ...

Obama expresses shock over Afghan shooting

US President Barack Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday "to express his shock and sadness" over a ...

U.S. hails deal with Afghanistan over handover of detention center

The U.S. State Department on Friday hailed a deal signed by the Afghan government and U.S. forces on the handover of a ...