Former US President Barack Obama has warned against the irresponsible use of social media, in a rare interview since stepping down in January.

Snowden was not on Obama's list of commutations or pardons.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama had to quell the boos of a raucous crowd when he made an oblique reference to incoming president Donald Trump during his final speech to the nation.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has landed in Hawaii, ahead of a visit to Pearl Harbor, the US naval base attacked by the Japanese in 1941.

PRESIDENT Obama has greeted his successor, Donald Trump, at the White House today in order to facilitate a “successful transition” between presidencies.

PRESIDENT Obama was making the gags but it turns out Donald Trump will be the one with the last laugh.

World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he was laid to rest days after his death at the age of 93.

Shimon Peres, who served twice as Israel's prime minister and once as president, has died at the age of 93.

The US had previously said it was “deeply concerned” about the campaign against drugs, and urged the government to ensure that law enforcement officers comply with the country’s “human rights obligation.”

The message, which Ahmadinejad said “is by no means of political nature,” goes on to mention years of “oppression and cruelty by different American governments” against Iran.