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NEW YORK CITY - An upcoming book by Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, who was among the first to reveal details of the US government's...

WASHINGTON - A coalition of Internet firms and activist organizations asked the US government Thursday to issue "transparency reports" on its online and phone...

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers on Wednesday blasted US intelligence agencies for trampling on privacy rights and vowed to impose limits on the government's authority to...

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sought to ease tensions with the United States over the stay of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden...

BERLIN - The German military has known for years of the sweeping US online surveillance program PRISM, a newspaper reported Wednesday, citing a NATO...

WASHINGTON - Microsoft said Tuesday it had asked the US government for permission to disclose details of how it handles national security data requests,...

WASHINGTON - Nineteen US organizations filed suit Tuesday against the National Security Agency claiming their constitutional rights were violated by the secret spy agency's...

SEOUL - South Korea on Tuesday blamed North Korea for a crippling cyber attack last month against government and media websites, including the president's...

WASHINGTON - The secret US court overseeing national security investigations has opened the door to declassifying documents related to the government's data collection program...

SEOUL - South Korea's defense ministry said Monday it has ordered its staff to install a smartphone application that restricts key functions like the...

GENEVA - The international community must wake up to the reality of cyberwar and strive to find ways to stem it, the head of...

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Sunday for EU-wide data protection rules and transparency from Internet giants such as Google and Facebook, reacting...

LA PAZ - Bolivia's leftist president Evo Morales on Saturday accused US intelligence of hacking into the email accounts of top Bolivian officials, saying...

MONTEVIDEO - Leaders of a South American trade bloc that includes Brazil and Venezuela meet Friday for a summit that will focus on allegations...

PARIS - Twitter handed over data to French authorities on Friday to help identify the authors of anti-Semitic and racist tweets after a months-long...

WASHINGTON - The United States told China it was upset it did not hand over US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden after he fled to...

MOSCOW- A Russian state service in charge of safeguarding Kremlin communications is looking to purchase an array of old-fashioned typewriters to prevent leaks from...

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday defended the role of secret services in keeping populations safe, but also said she only learnt...

WASHINGTON - US Vice President Joe Biden urged China on Wednesday to end its "outright" theft through hacking and to improve human rights as...

MOSCOW - The WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website said Tuesday that fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden had not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela as...