United States whistle-blower Edward Snowden is living under guard at a secret location in Russia.
Yahoo! chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data.
Cryptography expert says the US National Security Agency "has undermined a fundamental social contract".
Leaders of the Brics group have voiced alarm about alleged spying by the US and likened it to terrorism, says a Kremlin spokesperson.
The United Nations will approach the US government over a report that its intelligence spied on video conferences by top UN officials.
Edward Snowden contacted Russian officials before he flew to Moscow and spent days at the country’s diplomatic mission in Hong Kong, says a report.
UK agents oversaw the destruction of the Guardian’s hard drives in an apparent bid to prevent Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks, says the editor.
Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who first published secrets leaked by Edward Snowden, has vowed to publish more documents.
British authorities have over the weekend detained the partner of a journalist with close links to former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says neither his father nor his father’s attorney speak for him "in any way".
A network should be organised to protect them and the dissemination of their messages, says Slavoj Zizek.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called Obama’s announcement of plans to limit sweeping US government surveillance programmes a victory of sorts.
Barack Obama is clear: He has no intention of stopping the daily collection of Americans’ phone records and blames leaks for creating distrust.
For the past four years, Barack Obama’s administration has tried hard to "reset" relations with Russia.
US President Barack Obama says that he was "disappointed" that Russia had granted temporary asylum to NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
Russia has rejected US pleas and granted Edward Snowden a year’s asylum, letting the former spy agency contractor slip out of a Moscow airport.
Fugitive former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden slipped out of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport after Russia granted him temporary asylum.
Edward Snowden’s father has not turned down a request from the FBI to fly to Moscow, saying he is waiting to find out what the FBI’s intentions are.
Edward Snowden says he is willing to agree to a request by the FBI to fly to Moscow to see his son, but first needs to know what it wants.
Edward Snowden has awaited permission to leave the Moscow airport, as the US turned up the heat on Russia to send him back home.
Former US NSA contractor Edward Snowden has failed to secure permission from Russia to leave Sheremetyevo airport.
Edward Snowden hopes to be granted papers this week allowing him to end his month-long stay in the transit area of a Russian airport, says his lawyer.
Edward Snowden hopes to by Wednesday be granted papers allowing him to end his month-long stay in a Moscow airport and move to the city centre.
Edward Snowden has not ruled out eventually applying for citizenship in Russia, says a lawyer helping Snowden with his bid for temporary asylum.
Edward Snowden, who is wanted in the US on espionage charges, has requested temporary asylum in Russia, says a Russian lawyer.
Edward Snowden, who says he wants to apply for asylum in Russia, is studying his options and is likely to make a decision shortly, says his lawyer.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Edward Snowden, who has been stuck in a Moscow airport for weeks, will leave Russia as soon as he is able to.
Edward Snowden controls dangerous information that could become the US’s "worst nightmare" if revealed, says a journalist familiar with the story.
Russian immigration officials say they have not received an application from Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker who wants to get asylum in Russia.
Former intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden will seek temporary political asylum in Russia, according to human rights groups that met him.
US former NSA agent Edward Snowden has planned to speak to human rights groups and the media after staying out of the public eye.
The US told China its decision not to hand over Edward Snowden after he fled to Hong Kong had undermined relations between the two states.