The WikiLeaks website has published documents that allegedly show the US government spied on Japanese officials and companies.

The US National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapped the communications of two successive French finance ministers and collected information on French export contracts, trade and budget talks, according to a report by WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks has published documents it says shows the US National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropped on the last three French presidents.

German prosecutors have closed their investigation into the alleged tapping of chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone by the US National Security Agency, saying they have been unable to find evidence that would stand up in court.

The bulk collection of Americans’ phone records by the government exceeds what Congress has allowed, a federal appeals court has said.

Officers opened fire after two men dressed as women refused to stop at the gate to the National Security Agency HQ in the US and then smashed into a police vehicle blocking the road, officials said.

A firefight erupted when two people in a car tried to ram a National Security Agency gate at the Fort Meade military installation in the US, killing at least one person, according to preliminary reports.

Former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden says he wants to return to the US if he is guaranteed a fair trial, according to his Russian lawyer.

It’s a fairly unusual recruitment method, but it’s definitely effective.

The fight against terrorism can never justify secret and illegal mass surveillance, the European Parliament has said, demanding that a range of agreements with the US be scrapped or put on hold.

The NSA has stepped up its surveillance of senior German government officials since being ordered by Barack Obama to halt its spying on chancellor Angela Merkel, Bild am Sonntag reported yesterday.

Edward Snowden was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian politicians, including a former government minister, for contributing to transparency and global stability by exposing a US surveillance programme.