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'Depressed' Assange launches new legal bid for freedom
Julian Assange has a "terrible bad tooth, a frozen shoulder and depression" and his lawyers say he shouldn't face arrest for skipping bail in 2012.
- by Nick Miller
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European Union countries must push back on Trump to save Iran nuclear deal
European leaders should heed past experience and take a firmer stand against Donald Trump's dangerous policy toward Iran.
- by Ellie Geranmayeh
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Despite the Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin bromance, conflict brews between Russia and the west
Trump's ties to Putin and Russia cast a deepening shadow over his presidency, even as the relationship between Russia and the United States and its allies deteriorates dangerously.
- by Nick O'Malley
Dutch revealed to US details of Russian hackers linked to DNC hack
The Dutch intelligence agency AIVD spied on the Russian group believed to be behind the hack of the Democratic Party ahead of US elections.
- by Chris Zappone
Hungarian mass honouring Nazi ally cancelled after Jewish protests
A Budapest church has called off a memorial mass in honour of a former Hungarian leader and Nazi ally on Saturday after protests from Hungarian Jews.
Huge backlash after London journalist goes undercover at 'men only' fundraiser
The President's Club Charitable Trust holds a prestigious 'men only' event in London. This year a female journalist went undercover.
- by Fred Barbash
Pope Francis lays out moral case against fake news, propaganda
The 81-year-old pontiff has taken new role as media critic to address issue that has wreaked havoc and undermined democracies from the United States to Europe.
- by Jason Horowitz
Britain to set up unit to tackle 'fake news'
Britain will set up a new unit to beef up its efforts to counter so-called "fake news" and to try to deter disinformation campaigns by other states.
- by William James
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Turkey's attack on Kurds in Afrin is 'a betrayal of the US'
"Every American should feel the moral outrage as our Kurdish allies are murdered from the air by F-16s we sold to Turkey."
- by Noah Feldman
Wild parties and wilder schmoozing: behind the scenes at Davos
The World Economic Forum's annual meeting is as much about schmoozing as speeches.
- by Joe Shute
Julian Assange is a 'genius': Pamela Anderson
Hollywood actress Pamela Anderson has described Julian Assange as a "genius" and said a rape allegation against him was a "setup".