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A crockery firm which mistook Barack Obama for England footballer Chris Smalling – and plastered a picture of the US president on thousands of mugs – has given footy fans some much-needed amusement.
Jonathan Rugman
Iraq was not Barack Obama’s war. But a US president with a track record of resistance to military excursions in Muslim lands cannot dodge the judgement calls he now has to make.
President Barack Obama says he will not send US troops back into combat in Iraq despite the unravelling security situation. However, he did not rule out other options.
Iraq is descending into sectarian war as Baghdad-bound Sunni insurgents encounter a Shia uprising – but US President Barack Obama says he will not be sending in ground troops.
US President Barack Obama say he is “not ruling anything out” to help Iraq deal with the insurgent threat after days of violence as militants take over a swathe of the country.
US president Barack Obama says it would be “hard to imagine” that it would be in Britain’s interests to leave the EU, and hints that the US would prefer Scotland not to vote for independence.
Kylie Morris
The release by the Taliban of Sgt Bowe Berdahl should have prompted national celebrations in the US. Instead, it is turning into a political disaster for the president.
President Obama is taking a bold stand on climate emissions. But conservative critics are exaggerating the risk to the US economy.
Michelle Obama uses presidential radio address to express outrage at the abduction of at least 200 girls by militant Islamists Boko Haram in Nigeria last month.
David Axelrod, the man who masterminded President Obama’s two election victories, will advise Labour ahead of the 2015 election. Can he do the same for Ed Miliband?
Barack Obama outlines details of his plan to end the governments bulk collection of phone data, including procedure on how officials will now have to request data from phone companies.
Barack Obama pitches the US as a source of energy that would weaken the European Union’s dependence on Russia for oil and gas “in the light of what’s happened”.
US President Barack Obama says America and the rest of the world will be forced to apply a “cost” to Russia if it continues down its path of annexing Ukraine’s Crimea region.
US President Barack Obama says there will be “costs” for any military intervention in Ukraine.
US President Barack Obama meets the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama – but in doing so, says Beijing, he has risked “seriously damaging ties” with China.