Barack Obama

On a US late-night television show on Saturday, the host played a clip from 2011 of a businessman warning that president Barack Obama “will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate.” That businessman was Donald Trump. Military strikes on Iran Fast-forward 15 years and…

US President Donald Trump says he will direct US agencies, including the defence department, to “begin the process of identifying and releasing” government files on aliens and extraterrestrial life. Trump made the declaration in a post on Truth Social, after he accused Barack Obama earlier in the day of revealing…

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Last Updated: February 17, 2026, 16:05 IST Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr. disciple, known for his “rainbow coalition” vision, died at 84 after shaping US activism between King and Barack Obama. Jesse Jackson (Image: AP File) US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who died on Tuesday at the age…

Dan Diamond Washington Post · 17 Feb, 2026 06:50 AM 5 mins to read Former US President Barack Obama believes the truth about extraterrestrials is out there. Photo / Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post Former US President Barack Obama believes the truth about extraterrestrials is out there. Photo / Ricky…

World Former U.S. president Barack Obama took to Instagram on Sunday to clarify comments he'd made on a podcast about aliens being real, saying he did not see evidence that aliens have made contact with us. Statement follows social media buzz over Obama's answer on a podcast when asked if…

Barack Obama has said aliens are "real" in an interview, before later taking to social media to clarify his comments. During an appearance Saturday on Brian Tyler Cohen's podcast, the former US president was asked if aliens are real. "They're real, but I haven't seen them," Mr Obama replied. Mr…

Hours after Barack Obama caused a frenzy by saying aliens were real on a podcast, the former US president has posted a statement clarifying that he has not seen any evidence of them and that he was merely trying “to stick with the spirit” of an interviewer’s rapid round of…

After stating that the truth is indeed out there, former President Barack Obama clarified his comments regarding extraterrestrial life. Following up his interview that discussed “real” aliens — conducted by political podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen and published on Friday, February 13 — Obama, 64, took to Instagram two days later…

Former US President Barack Obama has weighed in on the long-running debate over extraterrestrials, dismissing claims that aliens are being hidden at the highly secretive Area 51 facility. During an interview with Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama was asked directly whether aliens exist. Responding with humour, he said: “Uh, they’re real,…