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If you’ve seen the pictures of a frail Julian Assange being carried out of Ecuador’s London embassy like a bearded battering ram by a gaggle of coppers, then you did so courtesy of video agency Ruptly. Normally the identity of the video agency that provides news footage is not worthy of a story in itself, […]

Scientists studying the habitability of Earth-like worlds have discovered that the conditions for alien life exist on some of the nearest planets to our solar system. The researchers found that rocky outliers in the habitable zone of neighboring red dwarf stars could host life despite the planets’ high levels of radiation exposure. In a study […]

Facebook has apparently blocked the page of former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa, which was used to share WikiLeaks material. The move also comes after he bashed his successor for allowing to arrest Julian Assange. Correa took to Twitter on Thursday night to decry the block, which he called a “show of desperation” following the publication […]

After the International Criminal Court (ICC) declined to investigate claims of US atrocities in Afghanistan, US President Donald Trump cheered the decision but said the ICC was “illegitimate” and US and allies beyond its reach. “This is a major international victory, not only for these patriots, but for the rule of law,” the White House […]

Robert Tibbo, a lawyer for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, told RT that he believes Ecuador’s decision to strip away Julian Assange’s asylum is based on a very weak legal case and may amount to a breach of the constitution. “Number one, there is a very high threshold to strip someone of an asylum. For what’s […]

Indian actress-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar has become a viral sensation this week for doling out swift justice after she was groped while campaigning in Bangalore. The Indian National Congress candidate faced a torrent of jeers and what appeared to be flying vegetables as she was making her way through heaving crowds in the city in southern […]

As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy by British police, he emerged clutching a single book: Gore Vidal’s ‘The History of the National Security State.’ Later, as he sat in the dock at Westminster Magistrates Court, Assange silently read through the book, before he was found guilty of skipping bail in […]

US-backed Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno reneged on asylum agreements made with naturalized citizen Julian Assange, leading to his arrest on Thursday, but how exactly did relations with the whistleblower end up here? Moreno won a narrow victory in 2017 to become president of Ecuador, having served as vice president under his predecessor Rafael Correa from […]

Hillary Clinton didn’t hold back her glee at the arrest of Julian Assange, mocking both the publisher who she blames for her failed presidential run and the man she lost to in a single “we came, we saw, he died”-level one-liner. “I do think it’s a little ironic that he may be the only foreigner […]

The arrest of Julian Assange in London after an extradition request from the US, and the way the WikiLeaks founder was treated by a British judge, made Thursday a “shameful day” for UK justice, commentators told RT. “The UK’s legal system is but a plaything of the US legal system. Britain is a vassal of […]