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US Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin has insisted relations with France are still close

US ambassador summoned in France spying row

France has summoned the US ambassador to protest allegations of large-scale spying on French citizens by the US National Security Agency.

News • 22 Oct 13

Edward Snowden pictured at a dinner in Russia earlier this month at an undisclosed location

Old technology helped Snowden to download: report

The US National Security Agency failed to install the most up-to-date anti-leak software at a site in Hawaii before contractor Edward Snowden went to work there and downloaded tens of thousands of highly-classified documents.

News • 19 Oct 13

Edward Snowden said he took no secret files to Russia

Snowden says he took no secret US files to Russia

Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden said he did not bring any secret US files with him to Russia.

News • 18 Oct 13

Telecoms giant plans to lock out US, British and other foreign spying agencies from internet snooping

German telecoms giant plans to thwart web spying

Germany's biggest telecoms operator is pushing to shield local internet traffic from foreign spies by routing it only through domestic connections, Deutsche Telekom has said.

News • 14 Oct 13

Russian state media broadcasting visit of Lon Snowden (right) in Moscow with his son's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena

Edward Snowden's father in Russia to meet son

Ex-US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden's father is in Moscow to visit his son for the first time since he was granted asylum in Russia after leaking details of US surveillance programmes.

News • 10 Oct 13

Malala Yousafzai also received the Anna Politkovskaya Award last week

Malala Yousafzai wins EU human rights award

A Pakistani teenage activist shot in the head by the Taliban last year for campaigning for better rights for girls has won the European Union's annual human rights award.

News • 10 Oct 13

It was not reported which mainstream encryption systems have been effectively broken

NSA can 'break common internet encryption'

The US National Security Agency is reported to have secretly developed the ability to crack or circumvent commonplace internet encryption used to protect everything from email to financial transactions.

News • 06 Sep 13

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is due to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington next month

Claims US spied on Brazilian and Mexican leaders

The US National Security Agency spied on emails, phone calls and text messages of the presidents of Brazil and Mexico, a Brazilian news programme has reported.

News • 03 Sep 13

Mr Snowden eventually accepted a year's asylum in Russia after spending nearly six weeks at Sheremetyevo

Cuba refused access to US whistleblower

Former CIA contractor Edward Snowden got stuck in the transit zone of a Moscow airport because Havana said it would not let him fly from Russia to Cuba, according to a Russian newspaper.

News • 26 Aug 13

Glenn Greenwald and David Miranda in Rio de Janeiro Airport (Pic: The Guardian/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras)

Guardian 'forced' to destroy Snowden material

British authorities forced the Guardian newspaper to destroy material leaked by US whistleblower Edward Snowden, its editor has revealed.

News • 21 Aug 13

David Miranda (right) arriving in Rio de Janeiro airport with Glenn Greenwald (pic: The Guardian/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras)

US denies ordering Miranda detention

The White House has said US law enforcement officials did not ask their British counterparts to detain the partner of the journalist who first reported secrets leaked by Edward Snowden.

News • 19 Aug 13

Edward Snowden's father does not believe his son will get a fair trial in the US

US sets up electronic surveillance review body

The Obama administration has launched a formal review of its electronic intelligence gathering that has come under widespread criticism since leaks by a former spy agency contractor.

News • 12 Aug 13

Wikilieak's Julian Assange says Edward Snowden's whistleblowing has brought US surveillance reforms

Assange says Snowden has brought US secrecy curbs

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that fugitive Edward Snowden's whistleblowing has led to curbs of sweeping US surveillance programmes announced by President Obama.

News • 11 Aug 13

A Human Rights Watch representative said she had been contacted by Edward Snowden from a Lavabit email address

Encrypted email service with Snowden link closes

An encrypted email service believed to have been used by US fugitive Edward Snowden shut down abruptly yesterday.

News • 09 Aug 13

Obama administration is unhappy over Russia's handling of the Edward Snowden situation

Obama cancels Moscow meeting with Putin

US President Barack Obama has cancelled his planned meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled for next month in Moscow.

News • 07 Aug 13

Edward Snowden is said to have passed up to 20,000 classified documents from the National Security Agency to Glenn Greenwald

New revelations on US surveillance to be published

The US journalist who published documents leaked by fugitive former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden plans to make new revelations shortly.

News • 07 Aug 13

Edward Snowden's new document is similar to a Russian passport

Snowden granted temporary asylum in Russia

Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has secured temporary asylum in Russia, ending more than a month in limbo in the transit area of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.

News • 02 Aug 13

Edward Snowden's father said he has had no direct contact with him

New Snowden leak exposes internet tracking tool

New revelations from former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden that US intelligence agencies have access to a vast online tracking tool have emerged.

News • 31 Jul 13

Edward Snowden has been in Sheremetyevo Airport since 23 June

Snowden has 'no plans' to leave Russia

Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has no immediate plans to leave Russia.

News • 24 Jul 13

Edward Snowden is wanted on espionage charges in the US

US overhauling access to intelligence

The United States is overhauling procedures to tighten access to top-secret intelligence in a bid to prevent another mega-leak like the one carried out by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.

News • 19 Jul 13

Edward Snowden has been stranded at a Moscow airport since 23 June

Snowden applies for temporary asylum in Russia

Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden applied for temporary asylum in Russia today after spending three weeks at a Moscow airport trying to avoid prosecution in the United States on espionage charges.

News • 16 Jul 13

A photo showing Edward Snowden during his meeting with rights activists

Snowden to apply for temporary asylum in Russia

Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is seeking temporary asylum in Russia before attempting to travel to Latin America.

News • 13 Jul 13

A senior Russian politician had said Edward Snowden had accepted Venezuela's offer of asylum

Snowden yet to decide on Venezuela asylum offer

Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela, anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said this evening.

News • 09 Jul 13

Edward Snowden is believed to be staying in a Moscow airport

Judge refuses provisional warrant for Snowden

A High Court judge has denied an application by US authorities for a provisional extradition warrant for former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

News • 09 Jul 13

Edward Snowden has been in the transit area of Moscow's Shremetyevo airport since 23 June

Three Latin American states offer Snowden asylum

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has offered asylum to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

News • 07 Jul 13