US President Barack Obama made a strong appeal for religious freedom at a town hall-style meeting in Delhi on Tuesday, weighing in on one of India's most controversial topics as he wound up a three-day visit.
Days ahead of his visit to India, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter today said that the defence relationship between the world's two largest democracies has never been as close it is now.
Outgoing US President Barack Obama at the beginning of his term had expressed his desire to visit Pakistan, but could not do so because of a "complicated relationship" with the country, the White House said today.
The recent comment made by a Pakistani envoy visiting the United States that the outgoing American President Barack Obama is now just a "guest" at the White House is "ridiculous", the US has said.
The latest batch of emails released by WikiLeaks from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta gives an insight into the planning done by the Obama administration to ensure a successful visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Silicon Valley in 2015.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrived in India on Monday on a three-day visit, has cancelled his return to Washington scheduled, and will extend his stay in India before leaving for China to join President Barack Obama at the G-20 Summit.
President Barack Obama will travel to Dallas on Tuesday and address an interfaith service in memory of five police officers shot dead during a protest decrying police killings of black men last week.
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