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Shell declares force majeure legal defense in order to forestall liabilities on some oil deliveries due to damage from Hurricane Ida. Damage discovered shortly after the storm to Shell's West Delta-143 shallow water platform, which serves as a hub for numerous offshore production pipelines, is still being assessed. The damage has caused significant issues with deliveries from the Mars, Olympus, and Ursa platforms.
2021-09-9

Along with 15 other international envoys, Cuban diplomat Jose Ramon Cabañas Rodriguez presents his credentials to U.S. President Barack Obama, becoming the island's first ambassador to the United States since 1961. The Obama Administration has yet to name an ambassador to Cuba.
2015-09-17

Three people die after a helicopter working with the Canadian Coast Guard research ship CCGS "Amundsen" crashes in the Arctic Ocean.
2013-09-10

The Obama administration expands its sanctions against Iran, targeting its auto industry and, for the first time, its currency the Iranian rial.
2013-06-3

Attorney General Eric Holder, acting for the Obama Administration, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee that he was not party to the U.S. Justice Department's secret seizure of telephone records of the news agency the Associated Press. The Justice Department seized two months worth of telephone records from AP offices and reporters.
2013-05-13

Royal Dutch Shell's drilling rig "Kulluk" drifts aground near Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, after breaking loose from the anchor handling tug "Aiviq".
2013-01-1

Oil giant Shell is sued by Niger Delta farmers in a civil court in The Hague, claiming oil spills ruined their livelihoods. Shell says it is difficult to carry out repairs because of local insecurity.
2012-10-11

A bipartisan group of US Senators led by Bob Casey and Marco Rubio will introduce a resolution calling for the Obama administration to start assisting the Opposition.
2012-02-10

The Obama Administration released a Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime
2011-07-25

The Obama administration asks United States District Court for the Central District of California judge Virginia A. Phillips to stay her ruling in Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America that the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy is unconstitutional while it appeals the decision.
2010-10-14