World leaders, diplomats in Egypt worry about next steps

There were more than 20 world leaders who attended this very hastily organised event in Sharm el-Sheikh. Everybody here hailed Trump’s 20-point peace plan as a very significant milestone, something that really needed to be built on.

Trump declares himself a 'very stable genius' in Twitter spree

US President Donald Trump has unleashed a new tirade against his critics, dismissing allegations he is unfit to be president and proclaiming himself to be a "very stable genius".

G20: Obama downplays alleged Chinese snub as overreaction

President Barack Obama dismissed accusations the Chinese delivered snubs Saturday when he arrived in Hangzhou for the G20 summit, saying his lackluster welcome is being overblown.

Russia remains leader in solving world’s problems - Zakharova

Russia remains the leader in addressing the most pressing global problems even facing the obvious attempts to isolate it, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told journalists on Sunday.

CIA Chief: US Has Not Underestimated IS

The United States has not underestimated the Islamic State group, CIA Director John Brennan said Monday.

Speech shows ‘US ambition to dominate world’ (US should focus on cooperation, not exclusion)

Analysts on Wednesday hit back at US President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, saying that China has never sought to be the rule maker, and the statement reflects a US ambition to pursue world domination...

Russia says US 'wants to dominate the world'

Russia on Wednesday responded disparagingly to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, claiming it showed that the United States wanted to dominate world affairs.
"Americans have set a course for confrontation," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters after the US president said sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine had left the Russian economy in tatters.

Obama on Christmas: World safer due to US troops ...

On Christmas day, U.S. President Barack Obama described the world we live in as “better and safer” after marking more than one decade of combat in Afghanistan, the Associated Press reported.

Obama vows no safe haven for Islamic State

President Barack Obama used a holiday season visit to a US military base to issue a tough warning to Islamic State militants, saying a US-led coalition will permit no safe haven to the group and will destroy it eventually.

Obama: Russia's aggression against Ukraine a threat to world

The United States, as the world's only superpower, is leading the global community in opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine, as well as other threats, US President Barack Obama said on Saturday.

Obama says the world has always been ‘messy.’ (It is just more apparent because of social media)

NEWPORT [30.08.14]: If the world seems troubled by all manner of calamities these days, President Obama does not want Americans to worry too much. 
After all, he said Friday, "The world has always been messy"; it is just more apparent because of social media. And, he added, today's geopolitical threats are far less perilous than those of the Cold War.

Governing at a time of war, terrorism and disease, and frustrated on multiple fronts at once, Obama finds himself trying to buck up supporters heading into a crucial midterm election season.

Under U.S. Leadership, World Will Defeat ISIS (U.S. State Department)

John Kerry, Secretary of State, Boston Globe, September 26, 2014:

"The United States has long faced threats from a lethal brand of terrorism that perverts one of world’s great religions. We have been relentless in targeting Al Qaeda and its affiliates, but the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, now poses a profound and unique threat to the entire world.

Islamic State wins new recruits in Syria after Obama speech (Monitor)

BEIRUT - Islamic State has won new recruits in Syria since President Barack Obama signaled last week that air strikes against the group will be expanded from Iraq to its strongholds in northern and eastern Syria, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 162 people had joined Islamic State training camps in Aleppo province since Sept 10, when Obama said he would not hesitate to strike Islamic State in Syria.

Obama: US Fights ISIS/ISIL With Allies (in Syria and Iraq)

U.S. President Barack Obama says the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq is not the U.S. fight alone. The president said in his weekly address Saturday the U.S. is fighting the insurgents with "contributions from allies and partners."

He said the American forces he has ordered to Iraq will help give Iraqi and Kurdish forces the" training, intelligence and equipment they need to take the fight to these terrorists on the ground."

Hillary Clinton says Merkel is Europe's 'greatest leader' (she carried Europe on her shoulders and it wasn't easy)

(Reuters) - Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton called Chancellor Angela Merkel "the greatest leader in Europe" during a visit to Berlin on Sunday and said it was high time America had a woman leader too, though without confirming she would seek the job.

Clinton also referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "tough customer with a pretty thin skin" in an appearance at a Berlin theater to promote her new book, "Hard Choices".

Obama: ‘World is united against Russia on Ukraine’. - Russia's U.N. envoy, Vitaly Churkin, "has been recalled urgently to Moscow" for consultations.

President Barack Obama argued on Sunday the United States will be in a stronger position to deter Putin once he sees the world is unified in sanctioning Russia.
Obama rejected the idea that it should implement sanctions unilaterally and said the U.S. and Europe must act collectively.
The U.S. president also Russia isn't abiding by a deal reached to de-escalate the conflict. He said, quote, "Russia has not lifted a finger to help."
He also says there's strong evidence Russia is encouraging destabilizing activities in eastern and southern Ukraine.

US is responsible for escalation of crisis in Ukraine. - Stephen Cohen

The world is standing on the verge of the war in Ukraine, that can be compared to the Cuban missile crisis and it’s the US, not Russia, who is responsible for it, according to Stephen F. Cohen, a professor emeritus at New York University and Princeton University. Professor Cohen has also exposed an evident partiality of the American mass-media.

The American media is always giving only one side of the story and there will be no positive result without Russia-US mutual collaboration on Ukrainian issue. While Jeanine Pirro is inclined to see Russia as an aggressor, Stephen F.Cohen is pointing out that every story has two sides and draws a historical parallel between the current situation in Ukraine and the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.

Les USA prêts à recourir à la force pour protéger leurs intérêts (Obama). (1+1 VIDEO)

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Les Etats-Unis sont prêts à recourir à la force militaire pour protéger leurs intérêts au Proche-Orient et en Afrique du Nord, a déclaré mardi le président américain Barack Obama.
"Les Etats-Unis sont prêts à engager tout l'éventail de nos possibilités, dont la force militaire, afin de garantir nos intérêts clés dans la région", a souligné M.Obama lors de la 68e session de l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies à New York.

Obama on Syria: US has obligation as "world leader" to act (video). -"The Top Ten Reasons for Obama to Attack Syria" (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he recognizes the world and the U.S. are war-weary in the face of potential military action against Syria.
But he says the United States has an obligation “as a leader in the world” to hold countries accountable if they violate international norms.
Obama says he has strong preference for multilateral action. But he says, quote, “we don’t want the world to be paralyzed.”
Regarding the U.N., Obama says, quote, “there is an incapacity for the Security Council to move forward.”