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Snowden did nothing illegal: Analyst
Edward Snowden has not done anything illegal by leaking the US National Security Agency’s surveillance activities, a former NSA contractor says.

Edward Snowden has not done anything illegal by leaking the US National Security Agency’s surveillance activities, a former NSA contractor says.

The Philippines is preparing for a powerful typhoon that is expected to make landfall in the country at the weekend.

Two minor girls, including a toddler, are gang-raped in separate incidents in India’s capital, New Delhi.

An airstrike by Saudi Arabia kills a family of ten in Moze’e district in Yemen’s Ta’izz Province.

The European Union will announce on Sunday the formal end to economic sanctions on Iran, a European news agency says.

A total of four refugees lose their lives while attempting to cross the Aegean Sea off Greece.

Hillary Clinton has expressed support for US President Barack Obama’s decision to keep thousands of American troops in Afghanistan.

Scottish National Party (SNP)’s Alex Salmond says he will be leading a delegation of business leaders to Tehran shortly in search of trade opportunities.

The successful Russian air offensive against ISIL in Syria has exposed the US hypocrisy towards terrorists, an analyst says.

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif says the Islamic Republic will never allow Saudi Arabia to exclude Iran from regional equations.

Hungary closes its southern border with Croatia to stop the influx of refugees into the country.

Mexican authorities say fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman escaped a recent attempt to recapture him but wounded himself in the process.

A UN agency says the number of those displaced by the violence in Iraq since the start of 2014 has surpassed 3.2 million.

An Israeli settler shoots and kills a Palestinian youth in the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).

Iran’s UN ambassador warns about the threat posed by violent extremism to women in the Middle East.

Hillary Clinton says US whistleblower Edward Snowden should return to the US and face the music for his actions.

The Greek parliament has approved a new bill containing austerity measures required by the country’s international creditors in return for financial aid.

Bahraini people stage a rally to protest the regime’s crackdown on Shia mourners.