A letter sent by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to a former WikiLeaks staff member reveals US officials are attempting to put together a case against Julian Assange based on the Espionage Act. Crucially, conviction under the 1917 law geared toward protecting the nation’s military secrets and most sensitive security matters could result in life in prison or even the death penalty for Assange. Julian... 

Spain’s conservative Vox party has pledged to build an “insurmountable wall” to protect the country from illegal immigrants, Free West Media reports. Ahead of an expected breakthrough in the general election today on April 28, Vox has promised strict measures to stop the flow of migrants. It also argues that the army should be sent in to patrol the borders until the walls are erected and should... 

Ever use a band-aid to heal a nick, scratch or cut? Well if you didn’t consider the color of the bandage, you might want to check your privilege. The leftist head of a social justice organization obsessed with race is calling on everyone to be mindful of race after he says he was choked up when he tried a brown-colored bandage for the first time. Over the past few days Dominique Apollon, vice president... 

In direct contradiction to the scare stories about carbon dioxide being relentlessly pushed by the climate change alarmists, a scientific study published in Nature Climate Change and highlighted by NASA reveals that rising carbon dioxide levels are having a tremendously positive impact on the re-greening of planet Earth over the last three decades, with some regions experiencing over a 50% increase... 

Germany’s far right AfD party looks set for a huge election win in a bombshell vote that could force Angela Merkel out early. The party stands a good chance of winning the most seats in the east of the country this autumn, which would be a serious blow to the German chancellor. Although the AfD’s poll ratings remain in the low teens for Germany as a whole, it’s expected to seize control of dozens... 

Police in Malmö, Sweden, have begun using loudspeakers as a tool to fight crime in public spaces, according to local media. Officers hope to discourage or interrupt illegal activity by playing prerecorded warnings or delivering verbal commands through the speakers, Fria Tider reports. Authorities are touting the pilot program as it is rolled out in key locations across the culturally-enriched city,... 

A total of 15 bodies, including six children, have been found at the site of a prolonged gun battle between military police and suspected Islamic militants believed to be linked to Sunday’s church and hotel bombings in Sri Lanka. The dead were discovered in a house in Sainthamaruthu as authorities cleared the area on Saturday morning following the overnight shootout, which police and military had... 

Bernie Sanders says, “When you’re white you don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto. You don’t know what it’s like to be poor.” San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovic says being white is “like you are at the 50-meter mark in a 100-meter dash. You’ve got that kind of lead because you were born white.” Meanwhile, Fort Worth residents are terrorized by “It’s Okay To... 

An international team of researchers, including six scientists from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), was able to measure for the first time the longest average lifetime of a radioactive isotope recorded by a device of measurement. This extraordinary fact is published (April 25), as the main piece on the cover, in Nature, the most prestigious of all scientific... 

The Schengen agreement and the current migrant-sharing mechanism are deeply flawed and need urgent fixing, French President Emmanuel Macron has said. Europe must “have borders” even if it means a smaller Schengen zone, he said. In the first major press conference since the Yellow Vest movement took off in November, Macron unveiled a range of policy measures to placate the protesters, including... 

The name game began online after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that he would suggest naming a new community in the Golan Heights after US President Donald Trump to his ministers. Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to introduce a resolution to eternalise Donald Trump in the Golan Heights to the government after Passover, which wraps up on Saturday, 27 April. This pledge has lead to heated discussions,... 

Der Spiegel has reported that Germany’s AfD party has invited US President Donald Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon to a media conference in Berlin. Steve Bannon has been offering advisory support to a number of European populist groups prior to the European elections. Sputnik discussed this with Christian Weiland, AFD supporter, security officer for the AFD, former AfD member in... 

Today, around 120,000 Syriac Christians reside in Sweden. While many of them fled genocide in the Middle East, attacks against their churches and threats against their organisations are still not uncommon. Following repeated threats, the Syriac National Federation in Sweden has stepped up security measures, from camera surveillance to its own security guards, the news outlet Samhällsnytt reported. A... 

The Sri Lankan suicide bombing attacks have turned the spotlight on the problem of Christians facing persecution worldwide, including in Europe, analysts told Sputnik, stressing that the cases of discrimination and oppression remain largely neglected by politicians and media pundits. On 21 April, a series of blasts shattered the peaceful island nation of Sri Lanka, claiming the lives of more than... 

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp unexpectedly blocked a channel belonging to the Spanish left-wing Podemos Party less than a week before the general election, sparking accusations of meddling. The party’s account was blocked on Monday following a political debate held the day before. Podemos Communications Secretary Juanma del Olmo was the first to report the blocking. “We have...