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  • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange addresses the press and his supporters from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Ecuador throws out Assange lawsuit

    Magistrate Karen Martinez ruled that the suit could not move forward, as filed by WikiLeaks' attorney, the former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon.

    906 days ago
  • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange addresses the press and his supporters from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Ecuador no longer to intervene with UK for WikiLeaks Assange - foreign minister

    Neither the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office nor lawyers for Assange immediately responded to emails seeking comment after normal business hours.

    912 days ago
  • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange addresses the press and his supporters from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Assange's communications to be partly restored by Ecuador govt

    The Wikileaks founder, who has been holed up at the embassy since 2012, was stopped from using the internet or a mobile phone to communicate with the outside world in March.

    921 days ago
  • FILE: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures during a press conference inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on 18 August, 2014 where Assange has been holed up for two years. Picture: AFP

    'Ecuador attempted to give Assange diplomat post in Russia'

    The incident was revealed in a letter by Ecuador’s foreign ministry to a legislator who had asked for information about Ecuador’s decision last year to grant Assange citizenship.

    944 days ago
  • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange addresses the press and his supporters from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Ecuador attempted to give Assange diplomat post in Russia - document

    The incident was revealed in a letter by Ecuador’s foreign ministry to a legislator who had asked for information about Ecuador’s decision last year to grant Assange citizenship.

    944 days ago
  • FILE: Julian Assange in August 2014. Picture: AFP

    Assange considers offer to appear before U.S. Senate committee

    WikiLeaks published a letter from the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday which asked Julian Assange to make himself available to testify in person at a closed hearing.

    988 days ago
  • US actress Pamela Anderson. Picture: AFP

    Pamela Anderson's Donald Trump 'flack'

    The 50-year-old actress has been to visit the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, who has been living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012.

    1052 days ago
  • FILE: This file photo shows Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Picture: AFP

    Judge to rule on Assange's bid to escape legal action in Britain

    Assange, 46, fled to the embassy in June 2012 after skipping bail to avoid being sent to Sweden to face an allegation of rape, which he denied.

    1165 days ago
  • This file photo taken on 17 April 2017 shows Donald Trump, Jr., son of US President Donald Trump, attending the 139th White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP.

    Trump Jr. communicated with WikiLeaks during 2016 presidential campaign

    According to the released messages, WikiLeaks reached out to President Donald Trump's son, regarding an anti-Trump website.

    1256 days ago
  • Former US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden on 9 October 2013. Picture: AFP.

    Snowden says democracy under threat by attacks on ‘fake news’

    Snowden criticised the idea that militants represent the biggest threat to western countries, saying the loss of rights was a bigger concern.

    1423 days ago
  • This undated photo courtesy of the US Army shows a photo of Bradley Manning in wig and make-up. Bradley Manning, the US soldier sentenced to 35 years for leaking secret documents. He now considers himself to be a woman called Chelsea. Picture: AFP.

    Manning leaves US prison seven years after giving secrets to WikiLeaks

    According to a statement, Manning was released from the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, at about 2 am.

    1437 days ago
  • FILE: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Picture: AFP

    Assange lawyer asks Swedish court to tear up detention order

    Julian Assange fears Sweden would hand him over to the US to face prosecution over WikiLeaks’ publication of thousands of classified documents.

    1451 days ago
  • FILE: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Picture: AFP.

    CIA chief calls WikiLeaks a ‘hostile intelligence service’

    Mike Pompeo has used his first public speech as spy agency chief to denounce leakers who have plagued US intelligence.

    1470 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    CIA contractors likely source of latest WikiLeaks release - US officials

    Two officials speaking on condition of anonymity said intelligence agencies have been aware since the end of last year of the breach.

    1506 days ago
  • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange addresses the press and his supporters from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2016. Picture: AFP.

    WikiLeaks says it has trove of secret CIA hacking tools

    Several cyber security consultants and contractors said the documents obtained by Wikileaks, dated between 2013 and 2016, appear legitimate.

    1508 days ago
  • Bradley Manning, the US soldier sentenced to 35 years for leaking secret documents, said August 22, 2013 he now considers himself to be a woman called Chelsea. Picture: AFP

    Obama shortens sentence of Manning, who gave secrets to WikiLeaks

    Barack Obama, in one of his final acts before leaving office, reduced her sentence to seven years, angering some Republicans.

    1556 days ago
  • Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his wife Melania fill out their ballots at a polling station in a school during the 2016 presidential elections on November 8, 2016 in New York. Picture: AFP

    Officials: US intel report identifies Russians who gave emails to WikiLeaks

    The Russian government is believed to have discredited the US elections and assisting Donald Trump's campaign.

    1568 days ago
  • US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump debate during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on 9 October, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Officials: US obtained evidence after election that Russia leaked emails

    US officials had concluded months earlier that Russian intelligence agencies had directed the hacking.

    1569 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    [OPINION] Leaks aren’t always good for politics, or journalism

    The news media have few inhibitions left about using private scenes to humble the famous.

    1649 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Kremlin in Moscow on 14 March, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    US Democratic Party says it was hacked again, blames Russians

    A link to the documents was posted on WikiLeaks’ Twitter account and attributed to alleged hacker Guccifer.

    1682 days ago
  • FILE: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Picture: AFP.

    Swedish court upholds Assange arrest warrant

    Julian Assange is wanted by authorities for questioning over allegations that he committed rape in 2010.

    1794 days ago
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