US President Barack Obama on Tuesday shook hands with Raul Castro, leader of long-time Cold War foe Cuba, at the Nelson Mandela memorial service in Soweto. Obama offered the handshake before taking the stage to give his speech at the ceremony, in a…
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A brace of world leaders including US President Barack Obama will address Nelson Mandela’s memorial, organisers said on Monday, the eve of the event. South African President Jacob Zuma will make the keynote address before a crowd in Soweto expected…
Nelson Mandela loomed large for each of the four US presidents set to honor him on Tuesday: as a distant mentor, a personal counselor, a wartime critic and a fellow world sage. President Barack Obama and former US leader George W. Bush boarded Air Force…
The funeral service of Nelson Mandela could be a “trap” for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani because he could run into US President Barack Obama, a hardline Iranian daily warned Sunday. The Islamic republic has yet to announce who will travel to South…
US President Barack Obama warned Saturday that an “ideal” agreement to eliminate “every nut and bolt” of Iran’s nuclear program was not a realistic goal. But he argued that the best possible available agreement with Tehran was likely to be better than…
What the world is saying about the death of Nelson Mandela: World leaders — US President Barack Obama: “He achieved more than could be expected of any man.” — South African President Jacob Zuma: “Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have…
President Obama addressed the nation on the death of Nelson Mandela.
Ho/Framingham Police Department/AFPThis undated booking photo courtesy of the Framingham, Massachussetts Police Department shows Onyango Obama. The uncle of US President Barack Obama was arrested last week near Boston on a charge of drunk driving, police…
America’s first black president Barack Obama Thursday mourned Nelson Mandela as a “profoundly good” man who “took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice.” Obama — who met the former South African president briefly…
US President Barack Obama on Monday pledged up to $5 billion to fight HIV/AIDS as long as the rest of the world collectively offers double that amount. Obama urged other countries to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria…