Washington, June 19 (ANI): The US-led surveillance programme which has created a lot of furor for snooping on citizens' web activities and phone records has revealed information about al-Qaeda's plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) in 2008.

London, June 19 (ANI): A middleman has reportedly used 'informal approach' to forward the request of seeking asylum in Iceland on behalf of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Johannesburg, June 18 (ANI): German chancellor Angela Merkel has said US intelligence was key to foiling a large-scale terror plot.

London, June 16 (ANI): Protestors in Hong Kong have urged the country's government not to extradite National Security Agency (NSA)'s contractor Edward Snowden, who blew the lid on America's internet spying programme popularly known as PRISM.

London, June 15 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook has revealed the number of 'snoop data' requests made by the US government in the last year.

London, June 15 (ANI): Edward Snowden, who is claimed to be a whistleblower for having exposed US NSA's intelligence is increasingly facing criticism for being a potential double agent working for China.

Washington, June 14 (ANI): George Orwell's book '1984' which envisioned a world controlled by an omnipotent 'Big Brother' has become a bestseller on Amazon in a few days after the revelations about NSA surveillance programme.

Washington, June 14 (ANI): The US intelligence officials fear that Edward Snowden who is in hiding after leaking details about the spy surveillance programme may leak sensitive secrets of America to China.

Islamabad, June 14 (ANI): Pakistan has sought explanation from the United States over reports that its citizens have been a major target of intelligence surveillance.

Sydney, June 13 (ANI): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to contest elections for the Australian Senate and claims that if elected his party will press for stronger safeguards for privacy against surveillance by security agencies.

Sydney, June 13 (ANI): NSA 'snoopgate' whistleblower Edward Snowden who is hiding in Hong Kong in an attempt to escape US prosecution said that he will be furnishing more details about the US surveillance targets soon.

Washington, June 13 (ANI): National Security Chief Keith Alexander said that the surveillance programme run with the Prism system helped in stopping 'dozens' of terrorist attacks on America.

Johannesburg, June 12(ANI): Internet search giant Google has reportedly asked the US government to allow it to disclose 'data requests' about users' web activities to prove its non-alignment with US-run spy programme 'Prism'.

Sydney, June 11(ANI): Another name adding to global controversy of secret surveillance is the Australian intelligence services, which is believed to be using the same method of data collection without legal process like the Prism programme.

London, June 11 (ANI): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called whistleblower Edward Snowden a 'hero' for exposing the secret surveillance programme by US.

Washington, June 10 (ANI): The whistleblower who exposed one of the massive US-run intelligence surveillance programmes by NSA, may not be able to resist US prosecution attempts and face decades as jail term.

London, June 11(ANI): NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, who exposed the US secret surveillance programme carried out on citizens, has gone missing from the Hong Kong hotel in which he was staying.

Sydney, June 8 (ANI): The European Union is anxious about its citizens' privacy over reports about the U.S. secretly accessing user data from internet giants.

London, June 8 (ANI): UK security agency Government Communications' Headquarters (GCHQ) with the help of US top spy agency's covert programme has got access to information from world's leading internet firms.

New York, June 7 (ANI): The Indian government should enact clear laws to ensure that increased surveillance of phones and the Internet does not undermine rights to privacy and free expression, Human Rights Watch said today.

New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): India has gifted a Dornier 228 aircraft to Seychelles for maritime surveillance.

Washington, May 6 (ANI): New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims has been called unconstitutional.

Washington, May 2 (ANI): The Mozilla Foundation, which provides internet's most popular browser, Firefox, has alleged that surveillance software company Gamma International Ltd. has hijacked the Firefox brand to secretly sell their electronic espionage products.

Washington, Apr. 21 (ANI): The Boston Marathon bombing has renewed talk about homeland security in a post 9/11 world.

Tokyo, Apr. 7 (ANI): Japan and the United States might deploy a high-altitude reconnaissance drone called the 'Global Hawk' at Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture to increase surveillance of North Korea, according to sources.