Three members of US president Barack Obama’s security detail in the Netherlands have been suspended and sent home, after one of the agents was found drunk in a hotel hallway.
A fake comedy interview between US president Barack Obama and actor Zach Galifianakis has gone viral, demonstrating to politicians around the world how to get their message across to a younger generation.
US president Barack Obama has ordered curbs on the use of the bulk data collected by the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies, saying that greater care should be taken to protect civil liberties.
The nuclear deal reached between the United States and Iran represents both a breakthrough and a risk for Barack Obama. A breakthrough because it stalls Iran’s progress towards nuclear weapons capability for six months, in exchange for only moderate concessions on sanctions, while a bigger final settlement is haggled over. The very existence of such extended high-level negotiations, let alone ones concluding in agreement, marks a high for US-Iran diplomacy after 34 years alternating between fiery acrimony and deep freeze.
How does the current debt situation in the US compare to historical precedents?