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  Spain sorry for 'misunderstanding' with Bolivia's Morales

  World | July 10, 2013 12:13 IST

  Madrid, July 10: Spain's foreign minister Tuesday offered apologies to Bolivia's Evo Morales for "any misunderstanding" linked to last week's diversion of the Latin American leader's aircraft, but insisted that Madrid never barred the plane

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  Snowden agrees to asylum in Venezuela: Russian lawmaker

  World | July 10, 2013 7:00 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

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  Venezuela receives formal asylum request from Snowden

  World | July 09, 2013 12:21 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

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  Snowden must not be allowed further travel: White House

  World | July 09, 2013 9:32 IST

  Washington, Jul 9: Fugitive ex-CIA operative Edward Snowden, wanted in the US on several felony charges, should not be allowed further international travel from Moscow, where he has been stranded for the past 10 days,

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  Nicaragua, Venezuela offer asylum to Snowden

  World | July 06, 2013 10:01 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

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

  India | July 03, 2013 22:45 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

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  Bolivia vs Europe over Snowden-linked plane delay

  World | July 03, 2013 20:35 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

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  France denies blocking Bolivian plane suspecting Snowden on-board

  World | July 03, 2013 17:25 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

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  Bolivian leader's plane rerouted on Snowden fear

  World | July 03, 2013 10:51 IST

  VIENNA, July 3: The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales was rerouted to Austria after various European countries refused to let it cross their airspace because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on

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  India turns down Snowden's asylum request

  India | July 02, 2013 16:40 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

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  Snowden withdraws asylum request in Russia after Putin sets conditions

  World | July 02, 2013 18:31 IST

  Moscow, July 2:  NSA leaker Edward Snowden's attempts to seek refuge outside the United States hit hurdles on Tuesday, after Russian media reported he canceled his asylum bid in Russia and several European countries said

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  Know more about Edward Snowden controversy

  World | July 02, 2013 7:22 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

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  Ecuador flower growers in Snowden shock

  World | June 30, 2013 18:41 IST

  Pifo, Jun 30: Gino Descalzi used to fret about things like aphids, mildew and the high cost of shipping millions of roses a year from Ecuador to florists in the United States. These days he's worried

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  EU demands explanation after reports of US spying

  World | June 30, 2013 18:17 IST

  Washington, June 30: A media report claiming that the US National Security Agency spied on EU offices may have tremendous repercussions, the European Union (EU) said on Sunday, and asked for immediate explanation from Washington.German

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  Obama: No wheeling or dealing to extradite Snowden

  World | June 27, 2013 18:50 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

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  WikiLeaks says leaker safe, gives no added detail

  World | June 26, 2013 18:06 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

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  Ecuador: Decision on granting asylum to Snowden can take months

  World | June 26, 2013 22:29 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

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  Russia rejects US demand for Snowden's extradition

  World | June 25, 2013 21:39 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

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  Obama hit by Snowden setbacks with China, Russia

  World | June 25, 2013 19:27 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

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  Whistleblower Edward Snowden sneaks out of Russia

  World | June 24, 2013 22:59 IST

  Moscow, Jun 24: Ex-CIA analyst Edward Snowden today continued his globe-trotting game of cat-and-mouse with US authorities on his tail, reportedly slipping out of Russia on his way to seek asylum in Latin America.Snowden, who