Europe

"So long as nuclear weapons exist, we are not truly safe," Obama told a crowd of thousands.

An Irish parliamentarian criticized the country's government for its "unprecedented slobbering" during Obama's visit this week.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced Tuesday that he would introduce a resolution expressing concern over the imprisonment of a former Ukraine prime minister.

Durbin said it was wrong for the Ukrainian government to hold its former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, in prison for political reasons, adding that’s not how a real political Democracy behaves.

The State Department union is voicing its anger after unverified allegations of prostitution use and other misdeeds by U.S. diplomats were made public earlier this month.

The American Foreign Service Association in a press statement denounced reports of political interference in internal investigations. But it said the subjects of such probes should not be named unless their guilt has been confirmed.

“AFSA opposes any top-level interference, real or perceived, to protect senior officials from equal treatment under the law and any dual standard that does not hold everyone, including political appointees, accountable for their actions,” said AFSA President Susan Johnson. “At the same time, no individual’s reputation should be tarnished due to mere allegations.

The White House on Monday said Russian President Vladimir Putin did not ask President Obama to explain why the National Security Agency targeted then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a face-to-face meeting Monday in Ireland. [WATCH VIDEO]

Over the weekend, Edward Snowden, the former defense contractor responsible for revealing the details of multiple top-secret NSA programs, revealed that American spies had targeted Medvedev during his visit to London for the G20 summit in 2009.

After meeting with Obama for two hours, the Russian leader said “our opinions do not coincide.”

President Obama said the first round of negotiations on a $5 trillion trans-Atlantic trading zone will begin in July.

The revelation is the latest disclosure from Edward Snowden, who leaked information on the NSA's secret surveillance.

"When peace was achieved here, it gave the entire world hope," said Obama in Belfast, ahead of the G8 summit.

President Obama will be the one getting grilled at the G8 summit beginning Monday in Northern Ireland.