Barack Obama

US President vows to overhaul controversial surveillance programmes and admits recent NSA leaks have damaged Washington's reputation

Kim Kardashian's former stepmother, Ellen Kardashian, sues reality television family for defamation

Court filing shows bank under 'parallel investigations' by civil and criminal divisions of US Attorney's Office.

Barack Obama pulls out of plans to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

US Congressmen have been denied access to information regarding the NSA's Prism programme.

President celebrates birthday with friends, and is scheduled to return to Washington on Sunday.

‘Guccifer’ forces former US secretary of state to deny affair with Corina Cretu after he hacked into his emails.

Diageo profits from expensive whisky but sales of iconic Guinness fall in Ireland and UK.

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestine's chief negotiator Saeb Erekat.

Zimbabwe's president says homosexuals are 'worse than pigs and dogs'.

White House opposes Justin Amash defence funding amendment to hamper data trawling.

Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu fails to convince US secretary of state John Kerry to release 58-year-old spy.

Twitter users have responded to news of the Royal baby, with over 25,000 tweets sent per minute following the birth.

CSIC/McAfee report puts US losses alone at $100bn per year.

Boris confirms Trafalgar Square fountains will be turned blue for next seven days to mark royal birth.

Two US senators ask US President Barack Obama to consider all options to get custody of Snowden.

US President intervenes on vexed issue of race, telling voters that everyday experience has affected African-American perception of the verdict.

1967 ceasefire line agreement believed to be at centre of peace deal offer by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Detroit becomes the largest ever US city to file for municipal bankruptcy owing $18.5bn debt.

Swedish professor Stefan Svallfors says Norwegian committee should make up for 'ill-conceived' Obama award.

Peaceful protests demand justice for unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin who was shot dead in 2012.

White House says Moscow is facilitating Snowden with 'propaganda platform' as Obama and Putin hold telephone conversation.

Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei says growth will slow down to 7%, below official target of 7.5%.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks about his motivations for leaking top secret documents.

NSA whistleblower Snowden confirms the NSA developed the Stuxnet computer worm with Israel to take down Iranian nuclear facility.

US president stops short of calling military overthrow of democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi a coup d'état.

Adly Mahmoud Mansour, chief of Egypt's High Constitutional Court, to be interim president until fresh elections are held.

Tributes paid to 19 members of Granite Mountain Hotshots trapped in Yarnell Hill inferno.

Ex-president defends controversial spy programme he introduced and accuses whistleblower Edward Snowden of damaging US.

Spokesmen for Egyptian president quit in face of mass protests demanding end to regime.