U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has a chance to receive political asylum from Moscow if he requests it, a Russian official said Thursday.
The U.S. Senate passed a landmark comprehensive immigration bill on Thursday that would offer an earned citizenship for about 11 million undocumented immigrants and tighten security on the Mexican border.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela's health has improved but he remains in a critical condition, the Presidency said on Thursday.
There would be no quick decision from the Ecuadorian government on whether to grant asylum status to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino Aroca said here Wednesday.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela remained in a critical condition in hospital, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a pair of rulings expanding homosexuals' right to marry, striking down Defense of the Marriage Act (DOMA), which bans same- sex married couples from receiving federal benefits, while declining to rule on another case concerning California's ban on same-sex marriage, opening the door for the state to legalize gay marriage.
Paris' iconic tower, La Tour Eiffel was closed on Wednesday for the second succesive day as workers continued their strike over job conditions, local reports said.
McDonald's Israel has refused an offer to open a branch in a new mall being built in the settlement city of Ariel in the occupied West Bank, Israel's Calcalist economic daily reported on Wednesday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday called on all leaders at the highest political level to voice their unequivocal support in preventing sexual violence.
Egypt's National Security Council late on Monday voiced respect for the constitutional and legal legitimacy of the presidency ahead of the opposition's June-30 protests aiming to pressure the president to call for an early election.
The ailing 94-year-old former President Nelson Mandela is in a worsening condition in hospital, having no impact on U.S. President Barrack Obama's visit, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said on Monday. "Mandela remains in a critical condition in hospital, and doctors are doing everything possible to ensure his well-being and comfort," said Zuma in Johannesburg.
The White House said on Monday that it was expecting Russia to look at the options available to expel fugitive U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden back to the country.
The South African Presidency on Monday lambasted certain media for transgressing medical ethics in covering former President Nelson Mandela's hospitalization.
Minutes after the jet bridge of a Moscow-Havana flight disembarked on Monday, journalists dashing to seat 17A got disappointed as Edward Snowden, the U.S. intelligence whistleblower, was not there.
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said Sunday that Edward Snowden, former intelligence contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States who is wanted for leaking the PRISM program, has sought asylum in the south American country.
The ailing 94-year-old former South African president Nelson Mandela's condition becomes critical, South African presidency said on Sunday.
An Aeroflot flight reportedly carrying a former National Security Agency contractor sought by the United States for revealing classified surveillance programs landed at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday.
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