Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic presidential candidate, said the U.S. should drop criminal charges against WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange and pardon Edward Snowden. The military veteran said during a lengthy interview on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in May that Assange and NSA whistleblower Snowden should not be prosecuted for disclosing information that exposed crimes and was in the public... 

A 53-year-old Swede who insulted a Muslim man for posting a video threat to “take over your fucking country” was hit with hate crime charges. This is Sweden. Of course he was. “We Arabs are here to take over your fucking country so go down on your fucking knees and suck my cock your Swedish little whore,” said the Arab man in an angry rant posted to Facebook. The 53-year-old Swedish man responded... 

Riot police and demonstrators have clashed in France amid the ongoing general strike by labor unions against proposed pension reforms. Dozens have been arrested in Paris alone as over a million people marched across the country. Footage from Paris shows protesters hurling objects at police, and riot-geared officers charging in response. As flares light up the night, stun grenades can be heard exploding.... 

Russia will not be the first to abolish restrictive measures that were imposed in response to the sanctions against Moscow’s current policy, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a news conference following his talks with Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne. “If we discuss first steps on the part of Russia, the abolition of some of our restrictive measures, retaliatory restrictive... 

US President Donald Trump said that his administration will begin designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, citing their role in narco- and human trafficking, and refused to rule out military action. Asked whether that designation means he would “start hitting them with drones and things like that,” the US president refused to elaborate: I don’t want to say what I’m going... 

Human Rights Watch has condemned the decision by Israel to deport Omar Shakir, HRW’s director for Israel and Palestinian territories. Israel revoked his visa over activism on behalf of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). Shakir, a US citizen, was placed on a flight out of Ben Gurion International Airport on Monday, after the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the government’s decision to expel... 

Authorities in China have begun using artificial intelligence to target groups of residents for arrest and detention. According to a report by the Daily Wire, a new trove of highly classified leaked documents from the Chinese communist government reveals how Beijing relies on algorithms to operate their concentration camps where they reportedly have millions of Muslims and other minorities detained: The... 

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg The world’s first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexican desert — a result of a highly secretive effort code-named the Manhattan Project, whose nerve center lay nearby in Los Alamos. Just 49 months later, the Soviets detonated a nearly identical device in Central Asia, and Washington’s monopoly on nuclear arms abruptly ended. How Moscow managed... 

A liberal “dark money” group that received millions of dollars from George Soros’s advocacy network, records show, is behind a seven-figure ad blitz urging vulnerable Republicans in swing districts to support the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The ads, which were scheduled to air this week on “Fox and Friends” in the Washington, D.C., market and in 13 GOP-held congressional... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told widows of the five scientists who died in a nuclear explosion earlier this year that their husbands were working on ‘the most advanced and unmatched technical’ weaponry. Putin’s comments came during a ceremony of state decorations at the Kremlin today where he awarded the deceased employees of Russia’s state nuclear company with the... 

Professional journalists are losing touch with the moral code that once galvanized the profession, a new study shows. But what truth-slinger wouldn’t be having an existential crisis in an industry where facts no longer matter? ​Yes, here at the EUTimes we always KNEW that there is no such thing as neutral journalism and that everybody picks a side and everybody is basically opinionated but many... 

Israel’s Attorney General has indicted PM Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges after months of uncertainty over whether Netanyahu would be able to retain his leadership of the country. He is charged with bribery and fraud. Netanyahu faces charges of breach of trust and fraud stemming from three cases in which he allegedly made illicit deals – either with supporters or with local businesses... 

A new poll has revealed that the national populist Sweden Democrats are the most popular party in the country, with nearly one in four voters saying that they would cast their ballot for the party if elections were held today. The survey, conducted by Swedish polling company Demoskop, showed the right-wing populist party polling just under a quarter of Swedish voters, at 24.2 percent. This, compared... 

During a speech, the Hungarian Prime Minister said that Central European nations like Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic are the continent’s only hope for a bright future. While speaking at event commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Prague on Sunday, Viktor Orbán said that the rapdily deteriorating situation in Western Europe has made it increasingly clear that Central... 

A French journalist recalled the terrifying moment when an explosive tears-gas grenade hit him at the Yellow Vest protest, telling RT that there was no justification for police employing combat tools. The weekend marked one year since the Yellow Vest protests picked up in France, with independent journalist Julien being among the many reporters, covering the anniversary rallies in Paris. It started...