Yahoo 'secretly scanned emails for US authorities'

Yahoo secretly scanned millions of its users' email accounts on behalf of the US government, according to a report.

Germany expels US intelligence chief over spying claims

Germany has expelled the US intelligence station chief in Berlin over alleged spying by Washington.

Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said: "The representative of the US intelligence services at the embassy of the United States of America has been told to leave Germany."

He said the move is related to investigations into the activities of the US intelligence services in Germany.

Germany urges US explanation (Suspected double agent further strains two countries’ ties)

The German government wants a quick and clear explanation from Washington for US intelligence's apparent contact with a German man arrested last week on suspicion of being a double agent, the interior minister said in a newspaper interview.

"I expect everyone to cooperate promptly to clear up these allegations - with quick and clear comments from the United States as well," Thomas de Maiziere told Bild newspaper, according to excerpts of its Monday edition.