Obama, top Republicans agree to continue talks on shutdown

Last Updated: Saturday, October 12, 2013, 09:52

US President Barack Obama and the Republican party leadership have decided to continue talks to find any possible deal to re-open government and raise the debt ceiling, but there was no immediate resolution in site to end the current impasse.

Obama, Republicans in 'useful' talks but shutdown still on

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 19:07

Both sides described the 90-minute meeting at the White House as useful and agreed to keep talking but no decision was made to resolve the 10-day deadlock over the federal budget.

G20 hopes grow for US deal to avert default

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 11:34

Top finance officials from the G20 leading economies looked set to keep their focus on the receding risk of a US default at talks on Friday as hopes grew that Washington could soon clinch a stop-gap deal to ensure it can keep paying its bills.

Government shutdown to hit US courts next week

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 10:45

US federal courts will have to close their doors at the end of next week if no deal is reached to end the government shutdown.

Two men killed in separate Northern Ireland attacks

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 09:46

Authorities blamed a resurgent Irish Republican Army faction for killing two men in separate gun attacks in Northern Ireland.

US Shutdown: Republicans offer 'short term' US debt cap raise

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 23:24

As the tit-for-tat political battle over the US fiscal impasse that triggered the first government shutdown in 17 years continued, Republicans Thursday offered President Barack Obama a temporary deal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for budget negotiations.

House Republicans offer to lift debt ceiling through December

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 23:01

Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday unveiled a plan that would avert a looming US default, in a sign that lawmakers may end a standoff that has rattled financial markets and thrown America's future creditworthiness into question.

Republicans shift focus away from Obamacare toward fiscal issues

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 22:16

In a shift some Republicans hope will strengthen their hand in the fight over the US debt limit, some of the party's leaders in the House of Representatives are playing down demands to weaken "Obamacare" and focusing instead on calls to rein in deficits.

US shutdown: Obama to meet lawmakers to end deadlock

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 21:35

As Washington remained locked in a political impasse for the ninth day with a looming debt default deadline, President Barack Obama invited lawmakers from both Democratic and Republican parties for meetings to discuss the crisis.

US shutdown: Obama invites Republicans, Democrats to White House for talks

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 19:53

In a bid to resolve the stalemate and to increase the debt ceiling, US President Barack Obama will meet Republicans and Democrats at White House on Wednesday.

Bobby Jindal stays away from Republican `fratricide`

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 15:28

Amid a US government shutdown, Louisiana`s Indian American governor Bobby Jindal would like Republican governors to take back the party`s messaging from Washington, saying the states are where the real action is.