London, June 19 (ANI): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy for a year has slammed the Australian government for having abandoned him.

Kabul, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): The Afghan government on Wednesday announced that it suspended talks with the United States on the proposed security agreement, saying the United States had contradictory stance over the peace process in Afghanistan, local media reported.

Sydney, June 19 (ANI): Software giant Apple had earlier claimed that the US government has no access to its servers but has recently said that it could not furnish certain data to the government even if it wanted to.

London, June 19 (ANI): Internet corporation Yahoo has followed the league of technological companies in publishing reports about 'snoop data' requests made by the US government.

Washington, June 19 (ANI): A new media code proposed by the Sri Lankan government contains overbroad and vague language that could have a severe and chilling effect on free speech, Human Rights Watch has said.

Islamabad, June 19 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has become a 'clean' man in a 60 million dollars money-laundering case after the Swiss Government refused to re-open the case.

New Delhi, June 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed dismay over the reports suggesting dilution of certain key provisions of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution by the Sri Lankan government ahead of elections to the Northern Provincial Council.

Patna, June 19 (ANI): The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is set to face a trust vote in the state legislature here today.

New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday lauded the gesture of Saudi Arabian Government to grant three months respite to Indian immigrant workers overstaying or illegally residing in that country.

New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, today said India would convey its views on alleged attempts by political parties in Sri Lanka to repeal the 13th Amendment to its Constitution, after considering its implications.

Chhatra (Jharkhand), June 18 (ANI): Naxals continue to hamper developmental work undertaken by the government.

Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), June 18 (ANI): Some victims of militancy in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir were provided monetary as well as other assistance by the State government today under its rehabilitation policy .

Washington, June 18 (ANI): A majority of Americans oppose Obama administration's decision to arm anti-government groups in Syria, a new poll has found.

Kinnaur District (Himachal Pradesh), June 18 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who had been stranded in the state's tribal-dominant Kinnaur District for nearly 60 hours due to landslides triggered by incessant rains, was evacuated on Tuesday morning by a state government-owned helicopter.

Islamabad, June 18 (ANI): The newly appointed attorney general of Pakistan is seeking written instructions from the federal government about the pending petitions seeking trial of former President Pervez Musharraf.

Beijing, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): The U.S. whistle-blower Edward Snowden said accusations from American politicians that he is a Chinese spy are a "predictable smear" designed to "distract from the issue of U.S. government misconduct", according to a South China Morning Post report on Tuesday.

New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): Launching a frontal attack on the ruling Congress Party after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh inducted eight new faces in his Council of Minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said the UPA Government at the Centre will be thrown out of power in the next four to five months.

New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday said the Congress-led UPA Government will get a third term.

Beijing, June 17 (ANI): 50 percent of Hong Kongers strongly oppose surrendering NSA whistleblower Snowden to the US government, a recent survey has revealed.

Sydney, June 17 (ANI): Ecuador's foreign minister has said his government is firmly committed to protecting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's human rights.

Srinagar, June 17 (ANI): The state government of Jammu and Kashmir recently organized an Urdu counseling cum workshop for promotion of the language.

Islamabad, June 17 (ANI): The Pakistani Taliban has said peace talks with government are on hold for the time being and will not happen anytime soon.

London, June 17 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has rebuked the West for considering arming Syrian rebels, at the same time itself arming the legitimate government of Syria.

London, June 17 (ANI): UK's eavesdropping agency, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) had reportedly snooped on the emails and telephone records of the foreign politicians and officials during the G20 summit in 2009.

Patna, June 16 (ANI): Putting an end to all the speculations, the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday finally announced that there would not be any alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Bihar government.