Bogotá blast: Deadly car bomb kills 20 in Colombian capital
At least 20 people have been killed in a car bomb attack in the Colombian capital of Bogotá, police say. Dozens more were injured in the blast which happened at…
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WikiLeaks hits $50,000 in donations, enough to start suing Guardian over Assange-Manafort ‘scoop’
WikiLeaks says it has collected enough funds to file a lawsuit against the Guardian for publishing an uncorroborated story about alleged meetings between former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and…
Colombia coca production: US ‘deeply concerned’ by rise
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is “deeply concerned” about the increased production of coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine, in Colombia, BBC reports. At a meeting…
From #FIFA2018 fever to #FreeAssange
Twitter users posted 125 million hashtags during 2018, but what got users the most excited, enraged and impassioned? After the year’s intense rollercoaster of news, RT looks back at the…
U.N. tells UK: Allow Assange to leave Ecuador embassy freely
U.N. rights experts called on British authorities on Friday to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the Ecuador embassy in London without fear of arrest or extradition, Reuters reports….
Guacho: Dissident Colombian leader killed by security forces
A Colombian dissident leader has been found and killed, the country’s president says, BBC reports. Walter Arízala, known better under his alias Guacho, was wanted for the murder of two…
Two million more Venezuelans could flee next year – U.N.
An estimated two million Venezuelans could join the ranks of migrants and refugees next year, swelling the total to 5.3 million as the country’s meltdown continues, the United Nations said…
Assange complains of ‘more subtle’ silencing than Khashoggi
Julian Assange has accused his Ecuadorean hosts of spying and feeding information to US authorities, and slammed attempts to block his journalistic work as a more subtle way of silencing…
Amazon suffering ‘epidemic’ of illegal gold mines
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has reached “epidemic” proportions in recent years, causing damage to pristine forest and waterways, a conservation group said Monday as it released an unprecedented…
WikiLeaks hits back against DNC lawsuit
WikiLeaks is taking the fight to the Democratic National Committee, accusing the party of an unprecedented assault on the First Amendment in a legal filing that underlined both the absurdity…