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Greenwald: Snowden docs contain NSA ‘blueprint’

RIO DE JANEIRO: Edward Snowden has very sensitive “blueprints” detailing how the National Security Agency operates that would allow someone who read them to evade

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Sudan’s Bashir arrives in Nigeria to anger of rights groups

ABUJA: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Nigeria on Sunday for an African Union summit on HIV/AIDS as his hosts chose to ignore an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant

Israeli leader vows to keep weapons from Hezbollah

JERUSALEM: Israel’s prime minister insisted Sunday that he will not allow “dangerous weapons” to reach Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants, following reports that Israel recently carried out an airstrike in northern Syria

Philippines, rebels reach a wealth-sharing deal

MANILA: The Philippines said on Sunday it has clinched a key “wealth-sharing” deal with Muslim rebels, bringing it closer to ending a decades-old rebellion that has claimed tens of thousands

Myanmar President Thein Sein embarks on trip to London and Paris

YANGON: President Thein Sein left Myanmar on Sunday for a visit to Britain and France, an official said, as the former junta general looks to build on support for his

Northern Ireland violence flares for second day

BELFAST: Violence flared for a second night around traditional Orange Day parades in Northern Ireland, with police coming under attack from petrol bombs, fireworks, stones and bottles and responding with

India’s Industry Minister Anand Sharma says India ready for investment treaty talks with U.S.

WASHINGTON: India is ready to begin talks with the United States on a bilateral investment treaty as part of its effort to reinvigorate ties with a valued trade partner, the

Texas Senate passes new abortion restrictions

Texas: The Texas Senate passed sweeping new abortion restrictions late Friday, sending them to Republican Gov. Rick Perry to sign into law after weeks of protests and rallies that drew

Malala at U.N.: The Taliban failed to silence us

A Pakistani teenager nearly killed by Taliban gunmen for advocating that all girls should have the right to go to school gave her first formal public remarks Friday at the

Seven people reportedly killed in train crash near Paris

PARIS: At least seven people reportedly have been killed and dozens injured in a train derailment outside Paris. A spokesman for the SNCF, the country’s national rail company, told Reuters