Argentina has given the first sign that Uruguay’s groundbreaking cannabis reform just may have started a domino effect across Latin America. Following the momentous vote by its smaller neighbor’s senate this month — making it the…

'For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission’s already accomplished,' NSA whistleblower says

The inventor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died aged 94, Russian officials say.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Dilma Rousseff was thoroughly charmed.Brazil had been struggling for years to decide which company to choose for a $4 billion-plus fighter jet contract, one of the world's most sought-after

Shin Dong-hyuk is a human rights activist who was born in a North Korean labor camp. Shin escaped, and now writes to Dennis Rodman as the former NBA star visits North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong...

A very tentative suggestion of amnesty on a CBS program leads to a threat.

DNA analysis of early human remains from a Siberian cave has revealed the existence of a mystery human species.

Engineers have sped up a naturally occurring process to make crude oil from algae from about a million years to just minutes.

The digital cryptocurrency has lost almost 50% of its value overnight after BTC China said it could no longer accept deposits in the Chinese currency following a crackdown on third-party payment firms

In what will be viewed largely as a response to Russia's discriminatory anti-gay laws, President Barack Obama has selected former tennis great Billie Jean King and former hockey player ...

Swiss banks are quietly warning wealthy U.S. clients with secret accounts to come clean with the tax man in the next two weeks — or risk jail time, according to several letters obtained by POLITICO. The letters come ahead of a New Year’s Eve deadline ...

Letters ask recipients to pay €250 fine for watching films on streaming website RedTube.com

Following a deadly U.S. drone strike on civilians in Yemen, members of a dozen peace groups wearing blue scarves gathered at the entrance of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. With guards and barricades on one side and cars whizzing by on Rt. 123 ...

Religious leaders react angrily to Roger Waters' latest outspoken attack on treatment of Palestinians

Critics say agencies needed separate heads to avoid undue concentration of power in single individual.

Clause lets police and other agencies spy without prior legal authorisation, weeks after France expressed outrage at NSA revelations

Sweden cooperated with the United States in operations to hack into computers and carry out internet surveillance on Swedes, according to documents leaked by NS

Randy Schekman says his lab will no longer send papers to Nature, Cell and Science as they distort scientific process

Whistleblower's victory, for exposing the scale of internet surveillance, follows that of Chelsea Manning last year

Thousands of people protested in Tokyo against a bill that would see whistleblowing civil servants jailed for up to 10 years. Activists claim the law would help the government to cover up scandals, and damage the country’s constitution and democracy.