Wikileaks | featured news

A U.S. court has ordered Twitter to hand over details of the accounts of WikiLeaks and several supporters as part of a criminal investigation into the release of hundreds of thousands of confidential documents.

Since WikiLeaks threatened to “take down” a major American bank, officials at Bank of America have been hunting for any sign that its systems have been compromised.

Top 10 stories of 2010: WikiLeaks, Afghanistan war, EU financial crisis, Haiti earthquake, World Cup, North Korea.

The founder of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, has said he expects to earn more than £1m from book deals.

A Cuban government-run website has begun translating into Spanish and posting online leaked U.S. government cables that discuss the island nation.

Apple Inc joined a growing number of U.S. corporations that have cut ties with WikiLeaks, removing an application from its online store that gave users access to the controversial website's content and Twitter feed because it violated guidelines.

A cable just released by WikiLeaks suggests close cooperation between Israel and forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas when rival Hamas militants overran the Gaza Strip three years ago.

Bank of America Corp. has joined several other financial institutions in refusing to handle payments for WikiLeaks.

The founder of WikiLeaks said Friday he fears the United States is preparing to indict him, but insisted that the government secret-spilling site would continue its work despite what he calls a dirty tricks campaign against him....

A London court on Thursday ordered that Julian Assange be released on bail while he fights extradition to Sweden.