Edward Snowden, the ex-analyst in the National Security Agency (NSA), has been a political refugee in Moscow for nearly two years, but wants to return back to his native US on the condition that he is guaranteed a fair trial, his Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said on Tuesday....

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the Narendra Modi government had to set right the legacy of bad governance left behind by the previous UPA government at the Centre....
In a defiant speech before a joint session of Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday slammed the deal the US and its allies are negotiating with Iran over its nuclear programme as "very bad"....
The State’s Attorney Appellate Prosecutor has been appointed to handle the case, according to a news release by the State’s Attorney’s office....

Hindu American leaders forcefully condemned the vandalism of a Hindu temple in Kent, Washington. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of the morning on February 27, closely follows the vandalism of another Washington temple two weeks ago. The vandals spray painted the word “fear†on the walls of the Sanatan Dh...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday condemned the brutal murder of Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy in Dhaka last week....
Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, said there's no horse race to run between India-born top insurance executive Ajit Jain and Greg Abel, head of Berkshire's energy companies, as his possible successors....
Pointing to the 2013 interim deal with Iran, Obama told Reuters news agency on Monday that Netanyahu, who has come to Washington at the invitation of Republican speaker John Boehner in the face of White House opposition, has been wrong before. ...
The Democratic Senator for Maryland, Barbara Mikulski, the woman who has served the longest in the US Congress, has announced her retirement after almost 40 years....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his speech to Congress scheduled for Tuesday is not meant to signal any "disrespect" for US President Barack Obama but he feels "a moral obligation" to warn lawmakers of the dangers of cutting a deal with Iran over its nuclear programme....