by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 26, 2013 | World
Washington, AP—Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Rome and Paris to talk about Mideast peace, Syria and Iran but was confronted by outrage over the sweep and scope of US snooping abroad. President Barack Obama already has defended America’s surveillance...
by Alex Edwards | Sep 3, 2013 | World
Rio de Janeiro, Bloomberg—Brazilian officials voiced outrage and along with Mexico demanded the US explain why it allegedly intercepted the phone calls and emails of their presidents as part of an anti-terror surveillance program. The allegations were made Sunday...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2013 | World
Washington, Associated Press—National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden’s father has secured documents to visit his son in Russia and plans to discuss how he could fight espionage charges, Lon Snowden and his attorney said Sunday. Neither Lon Snowden nor his...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 1, 2013 | World
Moscow, AP—National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden left the transit zone of a Moscow airport and officially entered Russia after authorities granted him asylum for a year, his lawyer said Thursday, a move that suggests the Kremlin isn’t shying away from...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 12, 2013 | World
Moscow, AP—Two prominent Russian human rights officials say they plan to meet on Friday with Edward Snowden, who recently leaked of US National Security Agency secrets, after receiving an invitation calling them to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport....
