US denies Obama knew of Merkel spying
The imbroglio over the tapping of Angela Merkel's phone deepened Sunday, after a US denial that President Barack Obama was informed years ago of electronic surveillance of the German chancellor.
Georgia PM ally revels in big win at presidential poll
An ally of billionaire Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili on Monday basked in an overwhelming win at presidential polls in the ex-Soviet state to replace larger-than-life moderniser Mikheil Saakashvili.
Snowden's leaks most serious in US history: ex-CIA official
Leaks from Edward Snowden have helped America's adversaries and represent the most serious breach of classified information in US history.
Serbia buries Tito's widow, the last symbol of Yugoslavia
The widow of the former Yugoslav leader Tito will be buried in a Belgrade mausoleum on Saturday with full state honours as the last symbol of the communist federation that broke up in the 1990s.
Madagascar vote results trickle in
Madagascar began announcing results in dribs and drabs Saturday after its first post-coup presidential elections, with only 52 polling stations out of 20,001 reported in the morning.
Germany, Brazil want UN privacy resolution
Germany and Brazil are working on a UN General Assembly resolution to highlight international anger at US data snooping in other countries.
'Internal error' downs NSA website: official
The National Security Agency's website went down for several hours Friday, but the US spy service known for hacking into computer networks blamed the outage on a technical mistake.
Pakistan makes UN call for end to US drone strikes
Pakistan on Friday renewed demands for an end to US drone strikes on its territory as two UN experts called for greater transparency in the use of the weapons.
NSA eavesdropped on 35 world leaders: report
US spies eavesdropped on the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after White House, Pentagon and State Department officials gave them the numbers.