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Snowden agrees to asylum in Venezuela: Russian lawmaker

World | Jul 10, 2013, 07:00 AM IST

Moscow, July 10: American whistleblower Edward Snowden has agreed to take political asylum in Venezuela, a Russian lawmaker said on Tuesday."As was expected, Snowden agreed to (Venezuelan President Nicolas) Maduro's offer of political asylum," Xinhua

Brazil opens investigation into US spying

World | Jul 09, 2013, 03:03 PM IST

Sao Paulo, Jul 9: The Brazilian government began an investigation Monday into whether telecommunications firms operating in the country cooperated with the U.S. as part of a spying program that has collected data on billions

Venezuela receives formal asylum request from Snowden

World | Jul 09, 2013, 12:21 PM IST

Caracas, July 9: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Monday that his government had received a formal asylum request from US former CIA analyst Edward Snowden, who has been staying in the transit zone of Moscow's

Nicaragua, Venezuela offer asylum to Snowden

World | Jul 06, 2013, 10:01 AM IST

Caracus, Jul 6: The presidents of Nicaragua and Venezuela offered Friday to grant asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, one day after leftist South American leaders gathered to denounce the rerouting of Bolivian President Evo

India to take up with US 'intrusive monitoring' of embassy

India | Jul 03, 2013, 10:45 PM IST

New Delhi, July 3: India said Wednesday it was "concerned at disconcerting reports" of the Indian embassy in Washington DC being snooped upon by the National Security Agency and would take up the issue with

Bolivia vs Europe over Snowden-linked plane delay

World | Jul 03, 2013, 08:35 PM IST

Paris, Jul 3: Bolivia's president left Europe for home on Wednesday amid diplomatic drama after his flight was rerouted and delayed overnight in Austria, allegedly because of suspicion he was trying to spirit NSA leaker

France denies blocking Bolivian plane suspecting Snowden on-board

World | Jul 03, 2013, 05:25 PM IST

Paris, Jul 3: Bolivia's president left Europe for home today amid diplomatic drama, a day after his flight was rerouted and delayed in Austria amid suggestions that he was trying to spirit NSA leaker Edward

India turns down Snowden's asylum request

India | Jul 02, 2013, 04:40 PM IST

New Delhi, Jul 2: An official says India has rejected NSA leaker Edward Snowden's request for political asylum.External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin says India has carefully examined the asylum request and decided to turn

Know more about Edward Snowden controversy

World | Jul 02, 2013, 07:22 AM IST

New Delhi: Edward Snowden who is giving a slip to USA was born to an officer of US Coast Guard on June 21, 1983. He pursued his computing career but left mid way. Then he worked

Obama: No wheeling or dealing to extradite Snowden

World | Jun 27, 2013, 06:50 PM IST

Dakar, Jun 27: The United States won't be scrambling military jets or engaging in high-level diplomatic bartering to get National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden extradited to the U.S., President Barack Obama said Thursday.Dismissing him

WikiLeaks says leaker safe, gives no added detail

World | Jun 26, 2013, 06:06 PM IST

London, Jun 26: WikiLeaks says that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is “safe and well,” a brief statement that gave no indication of how the information was obtained and did little to clear

Ecuador: Decision on granting asylum to Snowden can take months

World | Jun 26, 2013, 10:29 PM IST

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 26: Ecuador today said it would take months to decide on whether to grant asylum to US whistleblower Edward Snowden, currently staying in Moscow airport for the fourth day in a row

Russia rejects US demand for Snowden's extradition

World | Jun 25, 2013, 09:39 PM IST

Moscow, Jun 25: Russia's foreign minister bluntly rejected U.S. demands to extradite National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, saying Tuesday that Snowden hasn't crossed the Russian border.Sergey Lavrov insisted that Russia has nothing to do

Obama hit by Snowden setbacks with China, Russia

World | Jun 25, 2013, 07:27 PM IST

Washington, Jun 25: For President Barack Obama, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's globe-trotting evasion of U.S. authorities has dealt a startling setback to efforts to strengthen ties with China and raised the prospect of

Obama relying on untested oversight board

World | Jun 19, 2013, 12:58 PM IST

Washington, Jun 19: The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency's secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

'NSA's phone and internet spy programme helped track Headley'

World | Jun 10, 2013, 05:52 PM IST

Washington, Jun 10: The leaders of the US Senate and House Intelligence committees have defended National Security Agency's phone and internet surveillance programmes, saying it has been critical in thwarting potential terrorist attacks and also

India needs proactive border management: NSA

India | Jan 22, 2013, 02:04 PM IST

Bangalore, Jan 22: India does not face external threats, but should make border management much more proactive, using technology and intelligence, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said Monday."Today India does not face external existential threats.

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