President Barack Obama

White House agrees in principle to release Taliban leaders as part of peace negotiations.

Antonio Vazquez Alba has predicted that Syria will be invaded this year, but refused to give any other details.

Mitt Romney scrapes through first race in Republican nomination for US presidential candidate by eight votes.

President Barack Obama addressed the Democrat Iowa caucus through live video conference from Washington.

Latest Republican Iowa caucus results show no clear favourite for November Presidential polls.

Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum lead pack for 120,000 voters in Iowa caucuses.

Celebrities go to any extent to look different. They won't hesitate to wear weird outfits or glasses to make a fashion statement. However, their attempts to look trendy sometimes fail to make an impact. They can even be disastrous.

Lunar landing target set by China after US pulls back from space race.

Politicians who made unconventional moves are Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Margaret Thatcher, Robert Bennett and Barack Obama.

Eight month old Cooper, son of a US marine was in news when he tweaked the US President Barack Obama's face when the president was visiting US Marine base in Hawaii.

Republicans in America are squabbling amongst themselves over so-called "attack ads" targeting Newt Gingrich, one of the party's hopefuls for the 2012 presidential campaign, who is being upbraided for his "baggage".

The year 2011 has been a memorable one for Queen Elizabeth II, starting as it did with the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki has threatened to resign if the parliament does not pass a no-confidence vote against deputy minister Saleh al Mutlaq.

How does North Korean mourning compare to mass grief at death of Kim Il-sung in 1994?

The list of most searched celebrities of 2011 in the UK has Kim Kardashian on the top followed by Victoria Beckham, Emma Watson, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Aniston, Britney Spears, Megan Fox, Ricky Gervais, Jessica Jane and Angelina Jolie.

A new security glitch has been reported in the social networking Web site, which gave members access to private photographs of Mark Zuckerberg

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were visibly excited as the pair carried out their first joint public engagement with Prince Charles and Camilla.

Activists warn the U.S. will derail progress at the Climate Change talks in Durban, South Africa, by blocking moves toward a climate change fund.

Benetton has unfolded a massive billboard ad showing a photo montage of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smacking a kiss to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Tel Aviv.

During the discussions, the U.S. offered advice in resolving the crisis considering its experience in handling the 2008-09 economic crisis.

Fashionistas turned out in force for the British Fashion Awards.

The couple were pictured as having heated arguments just days after their wedding.

The Russian newsreader who was fired after having raised her middle finger at U.S. President Barack Obama during a live broadcast defended herself on Monday, claiming her gesture was not an insult but an indication to the television crew.

When a well-known BBC sports television presenter and spokesperson for the Green party appears on a chat show, it is fair to say you would not expect too much controversy to come from the interview. You wouldn't for example expect him to claim he was the Son of God.

The Russian newsreader who became an internet sensation after flipping the finger at U.S. President Barack Obama live on-air, has been fired.

A Russian female newsreader has caused a stir in her home country after appearing to put up her middle finger following her mention of the U.S. President's name during an afternoon news bulletin.

The eurozone crisis has already led to the toppling of two elected governments and their replacement with EU approved technocrats with a democratic mandate somewhat below that enjoyed by Robert Mugabe. With Barack Obama up for re-election next year, could the euro crisis even lead to the toppling of the so-called leader of the free world?

Conservative students at Scotland's prestigious St Andrews University have apologised after members of their societies burned an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama.

The US President, Barack Obama, has offered campaign donors the chance to have dinner with him - for only $10

Onyango Obama, 67, who is the half-brother of the president's late father, appeared in court on 17 November to face charges of driving under the influence of alcohol.