U.S. President Barack Obama warned Thursday against imposing further sanctions on Iran, saying a deal would set back Tehran's quest for nuclear weapons capability and prevent the "unintended consequences" of war.

Obama pressed Congress as the U.N. nuclear watchdog said that Iran has not expanded its nuclear facilities in the past three months in a possible confidence-building measure by the new reform-minded government

Two U.S. Secret Service agents have been removed from President Barack Obama's security detail for alleged misconduct, The Washington Post reported late Wednesday.

The move came a year after the agency was involved in a prostitution scandal in Colombia.

President Barack Obama's top national security aide said Wednesday that France was "fully on board" with a proposed interim deal on freezing Iran's nuclear program, ahead of a new round of talks in Geneva.

National Security Adviser Susan Rice made the comment after Obama spoke to French President Francois Hollande by phone and both men urged Iran to accept a deal presented by world powers.

French President Francois Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday jointly urged Iran to accept a deal presented by world powers on its nuclear program, Hollande's office said.

In a statement issued after a call between the two leaders, they also expressed support for the text of an agreement put forward by world powers at recent talks in Geneva.

President Barack Obama spoke to Philippine President Benigno Aquino Tuesday to express sorrow for the destruction left by Typhoon Haiyan and to coordinate U.S. help.

Obama expressed America's "deep condolences for the lives lost and the damage caused" by the storm that is feared to have killed more than 10,000 people, his spokesman Jay Carney said.

The White House warned U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that tightening sanctions on Iran could box America into a "march to war" and derail a diplomatic push to limit Tehran's atomic program.

The warning marked a significant toughening of President Barack Obama's stance towards skeptical U.S. lawmakers as he prepares to resume high-stakes nuclear diplomacy with Iran later this month.

President Barack Obama on Monday looked forward to the end of America's longest war, that in Afghanistan, as he marked the sacrifice of fallen U.S. warriors on Veterans Day.

Speaking at Arlington National Cemetery, Obama said U.S. troops would continue to return over the coming months, before the withdrawal of most NATO combat troops by the end of 2014.

The United States must continue to update its policy towards communist Cuba, President Barack Obama said late Friday, speaking at the home of a prominent Cuban-American activist.

Freedom in Cuba will come from the work of activists, Obama said, but the United States can help in "creative" and "thoughtful" ways.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati reiterated on Friday his demand to the international community to help Lebanon overcome the impact the Syrian refugees are having on the country.

He hoped after meeting the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development Rajiv Shah that he relay to the American administration the dangerous repercussions the refugees are having on Lebanon.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for an end to "manufactured crises and self-inflicted wounds" as he urged Republicans and Democrats in Congress to approve a new federal budget.

Obama, speaking in his weekly radio address, said that what most people hear out of Washington is "a jumble of unfocused noise that's out of touch with the things you care about.