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Obama’s anti-racism tweet becomes most liked ever on Twitter

Wed Aug 16, 2017 14:44:33

A tweet by former US president Barack Obama condemning racism in the aftermath of a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has become the most liked tweet ever, with more than 3 million social media users so far endorsing the sentiment.

US creating ‘permanent war zone’ around Russia: Analyst

Fri Dec 19, 2014 22:47:03

The US strategy of economic sanctions against Russia is designed to create a “permanent war zone” in that region and cause chaos in the Russian economy, a geopolitical analyst in Europe says

Obama Administration ‘Blocking’ Information from the Press

Sat Sep 20, 2014 19:16:29

Uncovering information that should be available to the public has become increasingly difficult under the presidency of Barack Obama, an Associated Press bureau chief says. In some cases, it surpasses the secrecy of the George W. Bush administration.

Obama declares war on Syria: Why the real target is Assad not ISIL

Sat Sep 13, 2014 13:26:40

Invoking the same ominous language as his predecessor, Barack Obama used a prime time presidential address on Wednesday to announce the beginning of a war on Syria.

Obamaˈs anti-Daesh strategy wonˈt eradicate extremists: Islamic NGO

Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:30:21

he IHRC has downplayed the plan by the US President Barack Obama to fight the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL, also known as Daesh) warning that it will only fan extremism.

Obama: Assad Protects Christians in Syria

Sat Sep 13, 2014 11:53:44

US President Barack Obama surprised yesterday his visitors, the Patriarchs of the Eastern Christians, when he told them that the President Bashar al-Assad protected the Christians in Syria, befuddling the attendees who did not believe what they heard and tried to conceal it.

Obama vows to build coaliltion to destroy ISIL

Wed Sep 3, 2014 22:18:01

US President Barack Obama has asserted that Washington will not be intimidated by ISIL terrorists following the beheading of a second American journalist and will build a coalition to "degrade and destroy" the group.

Obama acknowledges no ISIL strategy

Sat Aug 30, 2014 09:42:23

Nothing is more unwise for politicians than honesty, and President Obama has been caught in a pretty significant moment of candor with his admission that “we don’t have a strategy yet” for the war against the notorious ISIL terrorist group.

Pentagon seeks own mission on pretext of rescuing Yazidis

Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:52:28

The claim that 40,000 Yazidis have been trapped in Iraq’s Mount Sinjar is the pretext for US military intervention in Iraq, as set out by US President Barack Obama.

Obama admits US tortured suspects after 9/11

Sat Aug 2, 2014 08:30:49

US President Barack Obama has made a rare acknowledgment about the official use of the so-called 'enhanced interrogation tactics' or torture by American authorities in the wake of the suspicious September 11, 2001 terrorist incidents near Washington and New York.

Obama ratings decline in Germany, Russia, Brazil

Sat Jul 19, 2014 14:36:56

Revelations of the National Security Agency’s global spy program, together with civil strife in Ukraine have severely damaged Barack Obama’s popularity among Brazilians, Germans and Russians, a major US polling agency reports.

Obama backs Israeli butchering of Gaza residents

Sat Jul 19, 2014 09:44:56

US President Barack Obama has expressed his support for the Israeli regime’s massacring of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the name of protecting Israelis.

America’s drone war – a playbook for murder?

Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:47:28

America’s campaign of assassinations by missile-laden drones could push the country down a slippery slope to an endless war and hand other governments a playbook for murdering dissidents under the guise of combating terrorism.

Robert Fisk mocks Obama on ‘moderate’ Syria rebels

Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:12:59

British journalist and writer Robert Fisk has scoffed at US President Barack Obama’s double-edged view of the terrorists in Syria and Iraq calling them “moderate” in Syria to whom he recently granted 500 million dollars in aid, while warning against their threat in Iraq.

Syria insurgents could 'help' in Iraq: Kerry

Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:50:45

Secretary of State John Kerry has signaled that the US hopes to enlist the foreign-backed Syria insurgents that the Obama administration has decided to arm and train to battle against both the Syrian government and the "extremists" in neighboring Iraq.

US moves aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf

Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:47:37

The US aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush is being moved to the Persian Gulf in case President Barack Obama decides to order airstrikes on Iraq.

Iraq airspace open to US attack on ISIL: US official

Thu Jun 12, 2014 09:18:26

Iraq has privately indicated to the Obama administration that it would welcome airstrikes with either drones or manned aircraft that target Al-Qaeda offshoot militants in Iraqi territory, a US official says.

Ex-US envoy criticizes Obama policy on Syria

Thu Jun 5, 2014 14:04:00

Former US ambassador to Syria Robert Ford has said he resigned from his post because he could no longer defend the Obama administration’s Syria policy.

Military to remain backbone of US leadership: Obama

Thu May 29, 2014 09:33:39

As the United States prepares to remove its combat forces from Afghanistan after almost 13 years, President Barack Obama has said that the US military remains at the core of America’s ability to influence changes abroad.

US insists Kuwait is top fundraiser for Syria terror

Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:45:31

Washington has described its major Persian Gulf ally Kuwait as the “epicenter of fundraising for terrorist groups in Syria,” insisting that the funds flowing from Kuwait to foreign-backed insurgents in Syria amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.