Internet search engine giant Google has sent a 13-page letter to eight members of the House of Representatives to defend its privacy policy consolidation, after the Congress members expressed their concerns about the change.
Planned changes to Google Inc's privacy policies that have caught the attention of U.S. lawmakers would not take away the control its customers have over how data is collected and used.
The Senate Banking Committee is proposing news sanctions on Iran in an effort to stall its nuclear ambitions.
They are now facing deportation, even though some of the Ethiopians have legally resided in Saudi Arabia for as long as 16 years.
The husband is also reportedly a member of an illegal militant gang that enjoys some political support in the area.
More than a year after a wave of popular uprisings swept across the Arab world, the White House spent Monday responding to the chaos the Arab Spring has unleashed in Syria and Egypt.
Southeast Asian carriers are set to profit from the expected surge in the number of leisure and business travellers to Myanmar as it re-emerges from political isolation.
Travelers hoping to catch a glimpse of the glittering Shwedagon Pagoda or hear the tinkly temple-bells of Kipling's Road to Mandalay might one day be able to book into a Westin or a Marriott, thanks to Myanmar's emergence from political isolation.
Mustapha had served as Abacha’s chief of security and has always maintained his innocence
Although honor killings are typically associated with Muslim countries like Turkey, Iraq and especially Pakistan, the practice has nothing to do with Islam
Free Syrian Army fighting President Assad's forces withdraw from eastern suburbs of Damascus after two days of fighting.
Armored forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad took control Sunday of eastern suburbs of Damascus from opposition fighters after two days of bombardment and fighting with rebels, activists said Sunday night.
Around 2,000 Syrian troops backed by tanks launched an assault to retake Damascus suburbs from rebels Sunday, activists said, a day after the Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of worsening violence.
The building took three years to construct and involved 1,200 Chinese and Ethiopian workers.
The Arab League said on Saturday it had suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of the critical deterioration of the situation as state security forces battled rebels holding three suburbs just outside Damascus.
There was no let-up in violence on Friday, when anti-Assad protests again erupted after weekly Muslim prayers.
Opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stormed the Syrian embassy in Cairo, AFP agency reported.
A leading lawmaker on privacy issues said on Thursday he would ask for a probe into whether recently announced changes in how Google handles consumer data violated an agreement it made with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Obama Administration's efforts to kickstart peace talks with the Taliban are underway but the hard-core Islamist group may find it difficult to accept some of the tough conditons laid out by Washington.
A 10-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad edged closer to the Syrian capital Thursday as troops battled rebels in a town just north of Damascus and a provincial governor spoke of negotiating local ceasefires.
A leading U.S. lawmaker on online privacy issues said Thursday he would ask for a probe into whether recently announced changes in how Google handles consumer data violated an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission.
The FBI has released a document detailing its plans to monitor social media and online news.
