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Yoweri Museveni has not said when he plans to sign the law

Uganda dismisses US call on anti-homosexuality law

Uganda has dismissed US president Barack Obama's call to its leader Yoweri Museveni not to sign an anti-homosexuality law, saying the US was trying to blackmail the east African country.

News • 18 Feb 14

The presidents said their nations' relationship could be a 'model' for international cooperation

Obama and Hollande call for climate change action

The presidents of France and the United States have issued a joint call for other nations to join them in seeking an "ambitious" agreement to curb climate change.

News • 10 Feb 14

Barack Obama said reforms will give greater transparency

Obama announces new NSA guidelines

US President Barack Obama has announced long-awaited reforms of NSA surveillance techniques.

News • 18 Jan 14

Utah temporarily became the 18th US state to legalise same-sex marriage

Obama administration backs Utah gay marriages

The Obama administration will recognise same-sex marriages performed in Utah and will provide federal benefits to the roughly 1,400 gay couples who were married there before the US Supreme Court halted such nuptials on Monday.

News • 11 Jan 14

Barack Obama has long promised to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre

Senate eases restrictions on Guantanamo transfers

The US Senate has eased the way for President Barack Obama to speed up the transfer of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to their home countries.

News • 20 Dec 13

David Cameron and Barack Obama posed for the picture with Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Obama and Cameron criticised for memorial 'selfie'

Barack Obama and David Cameron have been criticised after they were caught posing for a mobile phone "selfie" at Nelson Mandela's memorial service.

News • 10 Dec 13

Barack Obama said he had 'fumbled' the rollout of the Affordable Care Act

Obama seeks to ease health law problems

US President Barack Obama has tried to ease the biggest crisis of his presidency, acknowledging missteps with his signature healthcare law.

News • 15 Nov 13

Kathleen Sebelius told the Senate committee that delay was not an option

Delaying 'Obamacare' not an option

US President Barack Obama's top healthcare adviser has told a Senate oversight committee that delaying the healthcare reform law known as "Obamacare" is "not an option".

News • 06 Nov 13

Barack Obama has been forced to defend new healthcare programme after administrative glitches

Obama defends healthcare plan programme

President Barack Obama has said that "bad apple" insurance companies, not his signature healthcare law, are to blame for hundreds of thousands of people losing their coverage in the past few weeks.

News • 30 Oct 13

General Keith Alexander defended his agency during the hearing

NSA chief defends agency amid spying row

The US National Security Agency director has defended the spy agency saying that it was acting within legal boundaries.

News • 30 Oct 13

Angela Merkel has demanded an immediate clarification of the allegations

US denies monitoring Angela Merkel's mobile phone

The German government has obtained information that the United States may have monitored the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

News • 23 Oct 13

US President Barack Obama made a phone call to French President Francois Hollande

President Obama speaks to Hollande over spying row

US President Barack Obama has spoken to French President Francois Hollande about the reported surveillance of millions of phone calls in France by the US National Security Agency.

News • 22 Oct 13

Barack Obama signed the bill into law last night

Obama calls for talks after US fiscal deal

US President Barack Obama has said "Americans are completely fed up with Washington" a day after the latest fiscal impasse was narrowly averted.

News • 17 Oct 13

Christine Lagarde warned over the consequences of a US debt default

IMF warns US default would cause new recession

The head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde has warned that a US debt default would send the world back into recession.

News • 14 Oct 13

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks to the press after meeting with US President Barack Obama

Obama and Republicans aim to end budget crisis

US President Barack Obama and Republican leaders appear ready to end a political crisis that has closed much of the US government and pushed the country dangerously close to default.

News • 11 Oct 13

Still no real plan to end fiscal stalemate in the US

Obama says threats on fiscal deadlock must end

US President Barack Obama refused to give ground in a fiscal confrontation with Republicans yesterday.

Business • 09 Oct 13

President Obama accused Republicans of using threats and extortion

Republicans accuse Obama of demanding 'surrender'

The leader of the Republicans in the US House of Representatives, John Boehner, has accused President Barack Obama of refusing to negotiate until Republicans surrender.

News • 09 Oct 13

IMF economist Olivier Blanchard said US default is unlikely

IMF cuts forecasts for global growth

The International Monetary Fund has trimmed its forecasts for global output for the sixth time since early last year.

Business • 08 Oct 13

'Mission-critical' that US crisis be resolved as soon as possible, states IMF chief Christine Lagarde

World institutions warn on prolonged US shutdown

Top US officials and international financial institutions have ramped up warnings that failure to raise the US debt ceiling to prevent the world's largest economy from defaulting would deal a serious blow worldwide.

Business • 04 Oct 13

US Treasury Department warning as US government shutdown enters third day

US Treasury warns of impact of default

A US government default could have catastrophic consequences that might last decades, the US Treasury Department said in a report today.

Business • 03 Oct 13

John Boehner said Barack Obama refused to negotiate

Obama urges Republicans to 'stop this farce'

The US government shutdown has prompted growing concern of wider economic consequences and President Barack Obama challenged Republicans to "stop this farce" by allowing a straight vote on a spending bill.

News • 03 Oct 13

US government shutdown enters second day

Obama to hold meetings over US government shutdown

US President Barack Obama will meet the four top leaders of Congress later to urge lawmakers to reopen the government and raise the US debt ceiling, a White House official said.

Business • 02 Oct 13

A visitor takes a picture of a sign announcing the closure of the Fort Point National Historic Site in San Francisco

Obama holds talks on US shutdown

US President Barack Obama has begun talks with congressional leaders at the White House over the US government shutdown.

News • 02 Oct 13

Barack Obama signed a bill to ensure military personnel continue to get paid

US shutdown due to 'ideological crusade' - Obama

US President Barack Obama has said a partial government shutdown is due to an "ideological crusade" against his healthcare programme.

News • 01 Oct 13

Obama appeals in row over funding bill as US shut-down looms

Obama appeals to Republicans in shut down row

President Obama has appealed to Republicans in the US Congress to support a bill to keep funding the government and avoid a major public sector shut-down within days.

News • 28 Sep 13