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Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Vows To Fight Charges At First Extradition Hearing

“I do not wish to surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that’s won many, many awards and affected many people.”

Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Vows To Fight Charges At First Extradition Hearing

During the first hearing in what's expected to be a protracted legal battle over the US's extradition request, Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange told a British judge that he wished to fight extradition, and the hearing was concluded with the next court date set for May 30. Assange, whom the US has charged with conspiring with Chelsea Manning to

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Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks in UK Prison for Skipping Bail in 2012

The Wikileaks founder is facing a separate court hearing on Thursday over a US extradition request.

Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks in UK Prison for Skipping Bail in 2012

Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in a UK prison - close to the maximum sentence - for skipping bail in 2012 to seek refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, setting off a seven-year showdown with UK law enforcement and the US that ended with his arrest earlier this month, 

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Blackwater Founder Calls For 5,000 Mercenaries to Topple Maduro

Erik Prince has pitched a plan around Washington to privatize US coup efforts using his latest Blackwater inspired mercenary empire. 

Blackwater Founder Calls For 5,000 Mercenaries to Topple Maduro

As if the past months of US push for regime change in Venezuela with officials like Elliott Abrams of Iran-Contra conviction infamy at the helm wasn't bizarre enough, things just got weirder, as Erik Prince has apparently been pitching a plan around Washington to privatize US coup efforts using his latest Blackwater inspired mercenary

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Wikileaks: Julian Assange Targeted By “Extensive Spying Operation” Inside Ecuadorian Embassy

WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson claimed that he believes the embassy has handed over footage from its security cameras, visitors logs and even Assange’s lawyers’ notes to the US.

Wikileaks: Julian Assange Targeted By “Extensive Spying Operation” Inside Ecuadorian Embassy

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange still resides inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London (for now, at least), where he is safe from arrest and likely extradition to the US. But in a Wednesday press conference, Wikileaks revealed that

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Senators Demand Details On Trump Admin’s Aid To Saudi Secret Nuclear Weapons Program

A group of senators has notified Energy Secretary Rick Perry to demand answers over how and why he allowed multiple U.S. firms to provide Riyadh with potential nuclear secrets

Senators Demand Details On Trump Admin’s Aid To Saudi Secret Nuclear Weapons Program

The Trump administration has been sharing sensitive nuclear technology and energy information with Saudi Arabia — an issue that's gained increased scrutiny since the Oct. 2 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi hit team at the consulate in Istanbul. American lawmakers now want to get to bottom of it, and a group of senators has

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Senator Marco Rubio: US Must Initiate Widespread Unrest in Venezuela

In public testimony, Marco Rubio called on the U.S. to promote “widespread unrest” in order to eventually bring down the Maduro government in Venezuela.

Senator Marco Rubio: US Must Initiate Widespread Unrest in Venezuela

During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Thursday, Republican chairman Marco Rubio condemned Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro as a "clear danger" and a "threat to the national security of the U.S." As was to be expected, the

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Talks Falter As Trump Refuses North Korea’s Call for Sanctions Relief

Even armchair observers probably understood long before the Hanoi summit had even been scheduled that the gulf between the American and North Korean positions on denuclearization was probably too wide to overcome (after nearly a year of talks, the two sides are no closer to a deal). Yet, President Trump had apparently hoped that the […]

Talks Falter As Trump Refuses North Korea’s Call for Sanctions Relief

Even armchair observers probably understood long before the Hanoi summit had even been scheduled that the gulf between the American and North Korean positions on denuclearization was probably too wide to overcome (after nearly a year of talks, the two sides are no closer to a deal). Yet, President Trump had apparently hoped that the pomp and

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