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Alleged Bout co-conspirator lashes out at Obama, US authorities

Richard Chichakli, an alleged associate of convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout, sentenced to five years in US prison claims that his rights granted under the US Constitution were violated blaming Barack Obama and two other senior officials.

13:39 18.12.2014

American woman to serve 21 months in jail for threats to Obama

A US court has sentenced a woman who threatened to kill President Barack Obama to 21 months in prison, the Associated Press reports on Wednesday.

14:02 19.11.2014

Man who tried to poison Obama gets 25 years - report

A US Court sentenced James Everett Dutschke, a sender of poisonous letters to US senators and President Barack Obama, to 25 years in prison, AP reports.

13:36 20.05.2014

US imposes visa sanctions against Ukrainian officials

The US are imposing visa sanctions against 20 Ukrainian officials who are allegedly responsible for the escalation of violence, the US State Department declared on Thursday.

10:40 20.02.2014

US senator sues Obama over NSA surveillance

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against US President Barrack Obama and various other high-ranking officials over the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass surveillance activities.

17:45 13.02.2014

Father of slain Tsarnaev associate appeals to Obama for answers – report

The father of Ibragim Todashev, a young man who was shot and killed in May during an FBI interview connected to the pending Boston Marathon bombing, has appealed to US President Barrack Obama for answers regarding his son’s death.

12:20 31.12.2013

9/11 defense attorneys urge Obama to declassify information on rendition program

Several defense attorneys representing Khalid Shaikh Mohammad (KSM) and his alleged 9/11 co-conspirators have written a letter imploring US President Barack Obama to declassify information on what has come to be known as the Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation (RDI) program, The Miami Herald reported Friday, alongside a copy of the letter itself.

14:41 28.10.2013

Russian lawyer asks investigators to initiate case against Obama

Attorney Alexander Zorin asked the Russian Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case against President of The United States Barack Obama.

14:16 10.09.2013

Two Guantanamo detainees transferred to Algeria

The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced the transfer Thursday of two Guantanamo Bay detainees two Algeria.

17:58 29.08.2013

Russia implores US to observe international law as Syria rhetoric mounts

The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement Tuesday warning the US and the international community as a whole to remain strictly and prudently observant of international law in light of increasingly fervent reports of a possible military intervention in Syria.

17:44 27.08.2013

Obama urges calm in aftermath of Zimmerman verdict

US President Barrack Obama has urged calm in the aftermath of the highly divisive jury verdict that saw defendant George Zimmerman acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, who was gunned down in a Florida neighborhood in February 2012.

16:03 15.07.2013

46 detainees held in Guantanamo indefinitely

The US Government released the names of the prisoners being held indefinitely at the Guantanamo Bay detention center to The Miami Herald, which had requested the data under the Freedom of Information Act.

11:29 18.06.2013

US chemical weapons report in Syria 'fabricated' – Russian MP

A US government report concluding Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels, crossing what US President Barack Obama has previously described as a “red line,” is a fabrication, a senior Russian lawmaker said Friday.

12:43 14.06.2013

Internal Revenue Service head ousted over findings of political targeting

America’s top tax official Steven Miller has been ousted amidst the growing controversy surrounding findings that federal tax authorities has selectively reviewed applications for tax-exempt status based on their names and policy goals.

07:25 17.05.2013

The US State Department’s War Crimes Rewards Program takes on a new life

US President Barrack Obama signed off on a law last January offering millions of dollars in rewards for information leading to the arrest, capture, or transfer of certain fugitives, such as those sought for certain horrendous large-scale crimes by international, mixed, and hybrid tribunals, including “new mixed courts that may be established in places such as the Democratic Republic of Congo or for Syria.”

16:28 10.05.2013

At least three dead, dozens injured as blasts hit Boston Marathon

At least three people were killed Monday and more than 100 others injured, some critically, after a pair of powerful explosions ripped through a crowd near the finish line while the prestigious Boston Marathon was still in progress, local authorities and media in Boston reported.

09:43 16.04.2013

Sequester begins to take its toll on US judiciary

The US Federal Judiciary announced last month its expectation that the $350 million funding cut it would have to endure as a result of the sequester would have a devastating impact on the functioning of the US judiciary. By the start of April, the cuts have clearly begun to take a toll.

16:36 01.04.2013

Obama presents sweeping gun reform plan in Sandy Hook's bloody aftermath

US President Barrack Obama presented a comprehensive plan Wednesday aimed at curbing gun violence in the aftermath of the second-deadliest school shooting in US history – a massacre which claimed the lives of 20 small children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut last month.

10:12 17.01.2013

Obama officially announces cancellation of Jackson-Vanik amendment

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a decree on the cancellation of the Jackson-Vanik amendment. The Jackson-Vanik amendment was adopted by Congress in 1974 and imposed restrictions on trade with the Soviet Union.

10:59 21.12.2012

Citizens petition en masse for their states to secede from America

Citizens of Alaska, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, and Vermont have refrained so far – as of the time of writing, at least – from petitioning for secession from the United States. Beyond that, however, there appears to be trouble in paradise for citizens disenchanted with last week’s reelection of US President Barrack Obama, and they are prepared to take matters into their own hands.

18:34 14.11.2012