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Legal adviser says Snowden would love to be back in US under `right conditions`
Legal adviser says Snowden would love to...

Legal adviser says Snowden would love to be back in US under `right conditi...

Washington – A top legal adviser to whistleblower Edward Snowden has reportedly said that the former NSA contractor would love to be back in the US if the conditions were right. The former analyst allegedly revealed classified data related to the US’ mass surveillance operations that aimed... read more »

Okinawa Governer approves on relocation of U.S. military base
Okinawa Governer approves on relocation ...

Okinawa Governer approves on relocation of U.S. military base

 The governor of Okinawa signed off Friday on the long-awaited relocation of a U.S. military base, a major step toward allowing the U.S. to move forward with plans to consolidate its troops on the southern Japanese islands and move some to Guam. An Okinawa official confirmed that Gov. Hirokazu... read more »

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisation bill
Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget de...

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisation bill

 U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bipartisan budget deal easing spending cuts and a defence authorisation bill that takes a step towards ultimate closure of Guantanamo. Mr. Obama put his signature on the legislation and praised the National Defence Authorization Act that allows... read more »

End of mass surveillance in 'alternative' Christmas message: Snowden
End of mass surveillance in ‘alter...

End of mass surveillance in ‘alternative’ Christmas message: Sn...

London –  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has reportedly urged an end to mass surveillance in his two-minute Christmas message that was carried on Channel 4 as an alternative to the British Queen’s traditional message. The 30-year old former NSA contractor made a reference to novelist... read more »

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Devyani Khobragade gets full diplomatic immunity, on her way to India

US action against Indian diplomat: Classic American double standards?

By Arun Kumar Washington – Is the US decision to arrest and strip search Indian diplomat Devyani Khobrgade on charges of visa fraud, sparking a major diplomatic row with what it calls... read more »

US judge rules NSA data collection unconstitutional

US judge rules NSA data collection unconstitutional

By Arun Kumar Washington – In what the media here called a “powerful rebuke” to the Obama administration, a US federal judge has ruled the US National Security... read more »

Khobragade case: India seeks details of possible U.S. tax violations

US hides behind “standard procedures” in Indian diplomat’s arrest

By Arun Kumar Washington – As media reports that Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was “strip-searched” after her arrest in New York threatened to escalate a diplomatic... read more »

John Kerry calls Shivshankar Menon to express regret about Devyani's treatment; defends US laws

US hopes diplomat’s arrest won’t hit bilateral ties

 The U.S. has expressed hope that the diplomatic row over the arrest of Indian Deputy Consul-General in New York will not affect bilateral ties with India, which has strongly reacted to... read more »

Sergei Ryabkov

‘US Magnitsky Act as long-term spoiler of bilateral ties...

Moscow –  Despite certain progress achieved over issues concerning Syria and Iran, Russia-US relations remain in deadlock because of the so-called Magnitsky Act, Russian deputy foreign... read more »