Bradley Manning acquitted of aiding the enemy, convicted on other chargesA US military judge on Tuesday found former Army intelligence officer Private Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, but guilty of lesser charges for leaking 700,000 classified US military documents to WikiLeaks.22:41 30.07.2013
Deportation of potential witness in Todashev case postponedThe departure date of a young woman described as a potential witness in the shooting death of Ibragim Todashev has been extended by 30 days.18:06 04.07.2013
Snowden's father fears WikiLeaks may manipulate his son - reportThe father of Edward Snowden, who is being sought by the United States after leaking classified documents on the activities of US intelligence agencies, is afraid that his son imay be manipulated by WikiLeaks, NBC reported.18:10 28.06.2013
US telecom provider asks to declassify document publicized by SnowdenA US telecommunications provider has filed a request with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to officially publish an order allowing it to monitor personal data, already revealed by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.17:18 28.06.2013
Boston Bombing suspect indicted for murder, using weapon of mass destructionA US federal grand jury has indicted suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on charges of killing four people and using a weapon of mass destruction in the deadly April 15 attack, the US Justice Department said Thursday.15:38 28.06.2013
US Senate approves immigration reformThe US Senate passed an immigration reform bill on Thursday in the biggest revision of the country's immigration law since the 1980s.13:29 28.06.2013
Russia has ample basis to extradite Snowden - White HouseThe White House believes Russia has ample basis to turn National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden over to the United States, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday, citing Barack Obama's Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes.12:21 28.06.2013
Todashev’s father plans to sue US over son’s killingThe father of a Russian immigrant shot dead by the FBI during questioning in Florida said on Tuesday he would sue the US authorities over what he describes as the “extrajudicial execution” of his son.14:30 27.06.2013
Michael Jackson warned tour might "kill" him - reportMichael Jackson's oldest son Prince testified in court that his father had said that AEG Live promoters would "kill" him as he rehearsed for an upcoming tour prior to his June 2009 death.12:56 27.06.2013
Garzon opts not to represent SnowdenFormer Spanish judge and present senior counsel for Wikileaks Baltasar Garzon announced his law firm ILOCAD had decided not to defend NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in a statement released to RAPSI by the law firm Wednesday.12:23 27.06.2013
No more Russian adoptees to US – Kremlin ombudsmanNo more Russian children would be allowed to join potential adoptive families in the United States despite calls from US officials for flexibility with adoptions that were “in process” before Moscow banned Americans from adopting Russian children earlier this year.11:09 27.06.2013
Federation Council sets up working group to investigate online data leaksThe Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, will establish an intra-agency working group to investigate user data leaks to US intelligence agencies.15:17 26.06.2013
IRS employees squandered budget funds on wine, stuffed animals - reportAn inspection of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) showed that its employees used their government credit cards to buy wine, stuffed animals, and online pornography, according to a report by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration.10:56 26.06.2013
Russia and USA plan to jointly improve protection from meteoritesRussia and the United States will work jointly to improve their meteorite protection systems, Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov told journalists following a meeting of the US-Russian Bilateral Presidential Commission's working group on emergency situations.10:28 26.06.2013
Russian fishing organization's sustainability certificate request returnedAn independent international arbitrator has returned an application filed a major Russian fishing organization in an effort to obtain a sustainability certificate, Kommersant reported Tuesday.11:17 25.06.2013
Russian pilot jailed in United States does not expect fair trialKonstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot convicted in the United States, does not believe that he will receive a fair trial in a US court, he told Voice of Russia radio.16:27 24.06.2013
US court frees "world's sexiest computer hacker" prosecuted for bank fraudKristina Svechinskaya, widely dubbed the "world's sexiest computer hacker," prosecuted in the United States for taking part in stealing $3 million from bank accounts, has been released by the New York Southern Federal District Court and placed under surveillance.13:47 24.06.2013
US may sanction Russia and China for human traffickingSanctions may be placed on Russia, China and Uzbekistan, whose rating in the US State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons report has been downgraded to Tier 3, the lowest rank.13:21 20.06.2013
US federal court dismisses with prejudice ex-employees RICO Act claim against BPA US federal court has dismissed a former BP employee’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act claim with prejudice, finding that she had failed to allege a domestic pattern of racketeering that had caused injury to her.19:20 19.06.2013
Google Russia CEO denies giving US authorities direct access to serversGoogle does not provide any US government agencies or any other country's agencies with direct access to its servers, and any statements to the contrary are false, Kommersant business daily reports on Wednesday.11:22 19.06.2013