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Three of Hillary Clinton’s paid speeches to Goldman Sachs were released on Saturday by WikiLeaks, casting an awkward spotlight on the Democrat’s ties to the biggest players on Wall Street in the final stretch of the White House race.

Steven Erlanger, the New York Times bureau chief for London (left), and Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, converse with Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the CIA who leaked US government documents, who joined an Athens Democracy Conference discussion via live video link on Friday.

BELGRADE - After revealing that the Democratic National Committee actively conspired against presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the hacker known as Guccifer 2.0 has now exposed the organization's corrupt method of appointing vital US government positions.

A week after India allowed the US to use its Army, Air Force and Naval bases for military purposes, Washington has announced that it will export 22 unarmed high-tech multi-mission Predator Guardian drones to the South Asian powerhouse.

Many in Nicosia, Athens, Brussels and Washington are confident - and some concerned - that the Cyprus issue may be resolved by the end of the year. In the US, especially, top officials are eager for this to happen by the end of 2016, as every US government likes to wrap up as many international affairs as possible before their term ends so as to boost its legacy.

US President Barack Obama will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on April 23 at Hannover, Germany, in order to help Greece, according to mignatiou.com. During their meeting, the main topics to be discussed will be the economic and refugee crisis that Greece is dealing with.

The US State Department 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - presented to Congress on Wednesday - highlighted corruption, the rule of law and discrimination as the main problems in the Balkans.

"In the arena of human rights, every government has the ability to improve," Secretary of State John Kerry said, presenting the report.

The FBI has unlocked the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, officials said March 28, ending a heated legal standoff with Apple that had pitted US authorities against Silicon Valley.

Apple went small on March 21 -- cutting prices as well as screen size -- as it unveiled a new iPhone and iPad aimed at first-time buyers and customers in emerging markets.

Apple chief Tim Cook went public on Feb. 24 in his battle with the FBI, saying that unlocking an iPhone in the name of fighting terrorism would be "bad for America."