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Hassan Rouhani said he did not seek to increase tension with the US

Rouhani calls for 'consistent voice' from US

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed hope that US President Barack Obama would not be swayed by "war-mongering pressure groups" at home in dealing with the Iranian nuclear dispute.

News • 24 Sep 13

UN investigators say the perpetrators do not fear accountability

Both sides in Syria have committed 'war crimes'

UN human rights investigators have said Syrian government forces and opposition forces have committed war crimes.

News • 11 Sep 13

A boy holds a protest sign at a rally to urge Congress to vote against a limited military strike against the Syrian regime

Obama says Russia offer on Syria positive

US President Barack Obama, seeking to boost support for military action against Syria, said that Russia's offer to work with Damascus to put its chemical weapons under international control is potentially positive but should treated sceptically.

News • 09 Sep 13

John Kerry met representatives of the Arab League in Paris to discuss Syria

Assad says no evidence of chemical attack

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied he was responsible for the chemical weapons attack in Damascus last month and suggested there would be retaliation for any attack on Syria.

News • 08 Sep 13

The US believes over 1,400 were killed in the 21 August attack

Europe cautions against military action in Syria

Europe's top officials have warned against a military response in Syria.

News • 05 Sep 13

Bashar al-Assad challenged the US and France to provide proof that his regime was responsible for the attacks

Assad denies responsibility for chemical attacks

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied allegations that his forces were behind chemical attacks in Damascus last month.

News • 02 Sep 13

US President Barack Obama held a meeting in the White House with his national security team to discuss Syria (Pic: Pete Souza/White House)

Over 1,400 killed in Syrian 'gas attack' - Kerry

A US intelligence report has said that 1,429 people were killed in a chemical weapons attack in Damascus, including at least 426 children.

News • 30 Aug 13

US President Barack Obama said Martin Luther King's speech inspired millions of Americans

US marks 50 years since King's 'Dream' speech

US President Barack Obama has addressed celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of civil rights leader Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.

News • 28 Aug 13

Wikilieak's Julian Assange says Edward Snowden's whistleblowing has brought US surveillance reforms

Assange says Snowden has brought US secrecy curbs

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that fugitive Edward Snowden's whistleblowing has led to curbs of sweeping US surveillance programmes announced by President Obama.

News • 11 Aug 13

Obama administration is unhappy over Russia's handling of the Edward Snowden situation

Obama cancels Moscow meeting with Putin

US President Barack Obama has cancelled his planned meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled for next month in Moscow.

News • 07 Aug 13

Barack Obama and Jacob Zuma bow their heads during a moment of prayer for Nelson Mandela during an official dinner in Pretoria last night

Obama urges Africa to follow Mandela's example

President Barack Obama said tonight the United States would help propel Africa along a path of prosperity and peace, and urged the continent to follow the example of Nelson Mandela.

News • 30 Jun 13

Barack Obama and his family arrived in South Africa last night

Zuma hopes Mandela will leave hospital 'very soon'

South African President Jacob Zuma has said he hopes Nelson Mandela will be out of hospital "very soon".

News • 29 Jun 13

Eamon Gilmore said the bill was a step closer towards addressing undocumented Irish

Tánaiste welcomes US immigration reform bill

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore has welcomed the US Senate's approval of a new immigration reform bill.

News • 28 Jun 13

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela spoke to reporters outside Mr Mandela's former home in Soweto

Mandela showing 'great improvement' - ex-wife

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is showing a "great improvement" in his health compared to a few days ago, his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has said.

News • 28 Jun 13

Barack Obama made the announcement at Georgetown University in Washington DC

Obama announces climate change measures

US President Barack Obama has announced a package of measures aimed at curbing climate change.

News • 26 Jun 13

Barack Obama said there was no time for a 'meeting of the flat earth society' in tackling climate change

Obama in call to curb carbon pollution

US President Barack Obama has launched a new plan to tackle climate change with a call to limit carbon pollution from all US power plants.

News • 25 Jun 13

Michelle Obama and her daughters spent two days in Ireland while her husband was at the G8 summit

Daly says Govt and media 'slobbered' over Obamas

Clare Daly has accused the Government and the media of "slobbering" over the Obama family during their visit to Ireland this week.

News • 20 Jun 13

Barack Obama said he wanted the US and Russia to 'move beyond Cold War nuclear measures'

US plans to reduce nuclear weapons by a third

US President Barack Obama wants to reduce deployed nuclear weapons by up to a third and revive negotiations with Russia.

News • 19 Jun 13

Barack Obama addressed students at the Waterfront Convention Centre

Keep faith in NI peace process, urges Obama

Barack Obama has urged NI politicians to keep working towards a permanent peace in a speech to students at Belfast's Waterfront Hall.

News • 17 Jun 13

Syrian rebel fighters hold position in the northwestern town of Maaret al-Numan

Syria dismisses chemical weapons claim as 'lies'

The Syrian government has dismissed as "full of lies" claims from the United States that it used chemical weapons.

News • 15 Jun 13

The White House turned the suspicious letter over to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force

Threatening letter sent to Barack Obama

A suspicious letter mailed to the White House and intercepted this week was similar to two threatening, poison-laced letters sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the US Secret Service said.

News • 31 May 13

Barack Obama said the US was still threatened by terrorists

Obama announces revised drone policy

US President Barack Obama outlined plans to limit the use of US drone strikes against extremists abroad.

News • 23 May 13

Two US Marines hold umbrellas as Barack Obama and Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they speak to the media at the White House

More refugees flee Syria as conditions worsen

More than 1.5 million people have fled Syria as conditions there deteriorate rapidly, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

News • 17 May 13

US President Barack Obama makes a statement on the IRS scandal in the East Room of the White House

US tax chief forced out in IRS scandal

The acting head of the US tax agency, Steve Miller, has been fired after it emerged that his staff had singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

News • 16 May 13

The US said it would need definitive proof of chemical weapon use in Syria before action would be taken

US fears Syria has used chemical weapons

The US has said that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad had probably used chemical weapons on a small scale in the country's civil war.

News • 26 Apr 13

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