U.S. President Barack Obama will unveil his proposals to reform the National Security Agency's surveillance programs next week, the White House announced on Friday.

The White House said the president will make the announcement in a speech on Jan. 17. (US-NSA-Obama)

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SANTIAGO -- The Chilean Electoral Court on Friday announced the country's opposition candidate Michelle Bachelet had won Chile's runoff presidential election in December and declared her as the president-elect.

Bachelet will be sworn in as the Chilean president on March 11 to succeed Sebastian Pinera, the incumbent one. (Chile-Bachelet-President-Elect)

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NEW DELHI -- Devyani Khobragade, the Indian woman diplomat expelled by the United States, arrived in the Indian capital on an Air India passenger plane Friday night from New York, said local TV channel NDTV.

India Friday also expelled a U.S. diplomat in retaliation against the arrest, humiliation and expulsion by the U.S. od Khobragade, former vice consul general of the Indian Consulate General In New York. (India-US-Diplomat)

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KHARTOUM -- South Sudan's army on Friday regained control of Bantio, the capital city of the oil-producing Unity State from rebels loyal to former vice-president Riek Machar, a South Sudanese army's spokesman told Xinhua.

Philip Aguer, the spokesman, said "the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) has hereby become in control of all the oil- producing areas in South Sudan. Operations are currently underway to retake Bor town." (Sudan-South Sudan-Rebel) Endi

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