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Almost 14 years after the mass leak of secret military and diplomatic files, the organisation’s founder has struck a plea deal with the US, leaving prison in the UK to return to Australia

The WikiLeaks founder is free after years-long legal battle that has stirred debate around the world on press freedom.

Russian energy giant Gazprom is reported to have been hit particularly hard by sanctions imposed as a result of the war with Ukraine. An internal report – obtained and published by the Financial Times – has forecast that the company is unlikely to recover gas sales lost as a result…

From troll farms to racist hate speech, nationalists’ bullying tactics are having a chilling effect on political journalism

Hamid Noury was serving life sentence over suspected role in mass execution at Iranian prison in 1988

An exiled Iranian opposition group and activists on Saturday slammed as shameful Sweden's freeing in an apparent swap for two Swedes of a former Iranian official jailed over his role in the mass executions of dissidents in 1988.

Iran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on Saturday that saw a former Iranian official released in Sweden in exchange for a European Union diplomat and a second Swede.

Iranian-Swedish citizen Saeed Azizi also exchanged for Hamid Noury, who was serving life in Sweden for role in death of political prisoners

Prisoner exchange between Sweden and Iran facilitated by Oman, involving the release of individuals held in each country. The exchange included a former Ir...