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US concerned by China's 'militarisation' of South China Sea
Reports suggest China has placed battery of advanced missiles on Woody Island in disputed Paracel chain.
Japanese lawmaker Kazuya Maruyama apologises after calling President Obama a descendant of slaves
Maruyama, a member of Prime Minsiter Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, apologised on 17 February.
Shocking new Russian ad: 'Smoking kills more than Obama'
Moscow mayor aide says ad is not legit and will be removed but liberal Russian MP 'disgusted.'
As Donald Trump shows, masculinity gets votes in Middle America - Jeb Bush is trying to assert his
Jeb has the misfortune to be standing when Middle America has run out of patience and is searching for a warrior.
President Obama maintains Donald Trump will not be elected to the White House in 2016
Obama says he has 'a lot of faith in the American people' in the upcoming presidential election.
Obama tells Russia to stop bombing rebel positions as Putin rejects 'double standards'
Russia and the US presidents discuss Syrian conflict over telephone after Munich deal.
Obama flies by Los Angeles for fundraisers and The Ellen Show
Obama will attend events organised by producer Danny Rose and HBO executive Michael Lombardo.
US Supreme Court halts President Obama's climate change initiative
Unprecedented move by top court spells major trouble for Obama plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
US election 2016: Republicans round on Marco Rubio in ill-tempered presidential debate
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie attacks Florida senator for scripted responses and inexperience.
Could the US election really be hacked?
Hacking a presidential election to influence its outcome seems far-fetched, but can it be done?
Obama calls on Americans to fight Islamophobia in first presidential visit to a US mosque
Barack Obama calls for religious tolerance as Republicans marginalise American Muslims in campaign trail.
Donald Trump may hog the headlines but Ted Cruz is the real radical right-winger
Trump's policies outside of immigration are anathema to the religious right.
Black History Month 2016 kicks off in US
Carter G Woodson laid the foundation for Black History Month when he started the Negro History Week in 1926.
Zika virus: US and Brazilian governments team up in effort to develop vaccine
Barack Obama and Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff discussed 'shared concerns' by phone on Friday night.
Holocaust Memorial Day: Barack Obama says: 'We are all Jews'
President repeated the words of US Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds who was taken prisoner during WWII.
Obama to ban solitary confinement for juveniles and low-level offenders
US president says such punishment leads to devastating psychological consequences.
US election 2016: Donald Trump says he could shoot somebody and not lose voters
Trump made the comments less than two months after 14 people were gunned down in San Bernardino, California.
New US visa rule could make travel to the country tough for some Europeans
The Department of Homeland security said the rule, announced on 21 January, would be applicable immediately.
EU migrant crisis: Barack Obama promises Angela Merkel financial help to ease refugee burden
US president pledges 'substantial' aid and backs German chancellor's handling of migrant crisis.
President Barack Obama beats Indian PM Narendra Modi as most popular politician on Facebook
Despite achieving less likes, Narendra Modi has been listed as the 'most effective' world leader on Facebook.
President Obama: Supreme Court to hear plea to give 5m illegal immigrants US rights
Five million people living and working illegally could be granted the right to live and work in the country
Why does the West ignore Madaya, the Syrian town where Assad is starving people to death?
The West saves its tears for Isis terror attacks and ignores those Assad is targeting.
Ted Cruz takes aim at Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination
Conservative firebrand who cites Ronald Reagan as his political hero has Trump in his sights.
US: Cher donates 180,000 bottles of water to Michigan town after lead found in water supply
The US singer and actress has said that the crisis is a 'tragedy of staggering proportion'.
Donald Trump: We have the 'dumbest people' leading our nation
Trump's comments came the day after he and Ted Cruz ended a longstanding truce.
State of the Union 2016: Obama chides Republicans for anti-Muslim rhetoric
Obama was delivering his last State of the Union speech to Congress before leaving office next year.
State of the Union 2016: Full text of US President Barack Obama's final address
Read Barack Obama's final state of the union address as US President.
State of the Union 2016: President Barack Obama's final address focuses on the future
The president gave his final address in front of a joint session of Congress on 12 January.
Where to watch US president Barack Obama's final State of the Union address live online
Obama's speech will branch out from those made in his previous seven years in office.
Kendrick Lamar meets Barack Obama: What president said to ease Grammy-nominee's nerves at White House
Lamar, 28, features in new democratic party PSA titled Pay It Forward.