WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will spend the next three weeks in a British jail before a hearing to determine whether he can be extradited to the United States to face computer hacking charges, a judge ruled Thursday.

A Filipino woman and her daughter who sheltered U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong have been granted asylum in Canada.

Three New Yorkers have filed suit against President Donald Trump and the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, seeking to halt Presidential Alert notifications.

Three men jailed for pushing for civil rights reforms in Saudi Arabia received the Right Livelihood Award Monday, also known as the "alternative Nobel Prize."

A European Court ruled Thursday the British government violated international law by collecting phone calls, text messages and online exchanges from citizens.

Actor Benicio del Toro is set to star in Oliver Stone's drama "White Lies."

Americans may feel frustrated if the facts behind Russia's alleged role in election disruption are not fully uncovered.

The National Security Agency collected 534 million phone and text message logs from last year from communication providers in 2017, officials disclosed.

Are we witnessing a swing back toward strengthened government control of information?

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a case regarding citizens' privacy, when it comes to the availability of their cellphone data to police.

Three immigrant families who housed Edward Snowden in Hong Kong in 2013 had their asylum claims rejected, their lawyer said Monday.

On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln during a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre. Lincoln died the next day.

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into WikiLeaks' release of thousands of documents that appear to reveal the CIA's hacking capabilities.

Whistleblower Edward Snowden said a report that Russia may send him back to the United States as a "gift" proves he did not act as a Russian spy.

The Islamic State terror campaign has escalated sharply under the group's innovative intelligence appa­ratus, headed by some of Saddam Hussein's top operatives.