US President Barack Obama has launched a three-day Southeast Asia tour, hailing alliances with countries such as Thailand as cornerstones of the administration’s deeper commitment to the Asia-Pacific region.

Ahead of their last debate, Republican contender Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are cramming foreign policy and taking a rare break from swing-state campaigning.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israeli president Shimon Peres have discussed the need to halt Syrian violence as well as blocking Iran’s potential production of nuclear weapons during talks in Jerusalem.

A new TV documentary will reveal that a last-minute double-check of intelligence before the raid that killed Osama bin Laden cast fresh doubt on whether the al-Qaida leader was really in the Pakistani compound where he was found.

BRITAIN and the United States are to create a joint forum to assess long-term threats to their national security, a British government source said yesterday.

US officials will mine the secrets of Osama bin Laden by poring over an intelligence haul seized at the time of his death that a top White House aide describes as a wealth of intelligence about al-Qaida.

The United States wants access to three widows of Osama bin Laden being held by Pakistani authorities, something that could help answer questions about whether any officials knew the al-Qaida chief was living in the country, a top American official said.

The national security adviser for the White House said the material seized from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan amounts to the largest cache of intelligence ever gathered from any single terrorist.

US President Barack Obama was able to monitor the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden “in real time” from the White House.

US President Barack Obama was able to monitor the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden “in real time” from the White House.

The US, Japan and South Korea have said they will not resume nuclear negotiations with North Korea until it ends its "provocative and belligerent" behaviour and takes concrete steps to roll back its nuclear arms programme.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s national security advisor James Jones is retiring and will be replaced by hard-charging deputy Tom Donilon, in a new shake-up of key White House staff portfolios.

US President Barack Obama announced today that his National Security Adviser, General James Jones, is stepping down after helping to shape foreign policy for nearly two years.