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Venezuelan president condemns new U.S. "conspiracy" against his country

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejected Saturday a new "conspiracy" by the U.S. government to use the Inter-American Democratic Charter (IDC) of the Organization of American States (OAS) to justify foreign intervention in his country.

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Obama, playing the Dalai Lama card backfires

​Though the degree to which U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama will interact Thursday during the National Prayer Breakfast is unclear, any possible meeting or encounter between the two is sure to have negative consequences because the Dalai Lama is a political liability which backfires.

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Obama should remember discussions about Dalai Lama

As reports of a possible meeting between Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are circulating, it is time to remind the U.S. president of his words in Beijing about three months ago.

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Obama condemns "heinous murder" of Japanese hostage by IS

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned the "heinous murder" of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by the Islamic State (IS) militant group, after the IS claimed in a video it posted online that it beheaded Goto.

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India, U.S. reach breakthrough on civil nuclear deal

​Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the two countries have reached an agreement to break a six-year impasse on the landmark civil nuclear deal.

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Obama says it's great honor to be back in India

​U.S. President Barack Obama Sunday said that it was a "great honor" for him to be back in India, after inspecting a guard of honor at the presidential palace in the national capital.

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U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in India on three-day tour

U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday arrived in India for a three-day visit of this country.

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Critics blast Obama for bizarre silence on Islamist terror amid spreading threat

Critics continue to blast U.S. President Barack Obama for what they call a bizarre refusal to link radical Islam with terrorism, even as multiple terror groups are on the march in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

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Obama pushes for fast track authority to advance trade deals

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday night asked Congress to grant the administration the so-called "fast track" authority to negotiate far-reaching trade deals with Asia-Pacific and European countries and speed them through Congress.

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Obama: New Iran sanctions will lead to "failure of diplomacy"

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned that further sanctions on Iran pushed ahead by Congress would lead to "failure of diplomacy" in solving the Iranian nuclear issue.

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Obama to deliver State of Union address amid rising threat of global terror

​U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to address the rising threat of global terrorism at Tuesday's annual State of the Union address, just weeks after the bloody massacres in Paris that shocked France and nations worldwide.

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US loosens restrictions on Cuba, making trade, travel easier

​The Obama administration said on Thursday that it will loosen trade, finance, and travel embargo against Cuba.

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Obama vows to cooperate with new Congress on concerned issues

​U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday met for the first time with leaders of the country's 114th Congress, vowing to find common ground with the Republican- controlled Congress on economic and national security issues including trade, cybersecurity as well as the legal basis for attacks against Islamic State (IS).

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U.S., Mexican presidents discuss trade, immigration, Cuba

​U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday met with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto at the White House over issues including security, immigration and Cuba.

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Obama, Republican-led Congress heading for political battles in 2015

As the new Republican-led U.S. Congress is inaugurated on Tuesday, many U.S. experts predict that some political battles will be fought in 2015 between President Barack Obama and the Republican Party (GOP).

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Obama signs Russia sanctions bill, rules out actions now

​U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a bill aiming for tougher sanctions on Russia, but ruled out additional steps at the moment.

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U.S., Cuba to normalize ties after decades of animosity

The United States and Cuba announced Wednesday that they have agreed to restore diplomatic relations, in a move to end more than half a century of estrangement between the two countries.