WikiLeaks' chief claims his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents, telling journalists that the website is set up to hide the source of its data from those who receive it.

Thanks to WikiLeaks, we now know more about the war in Afghanistan than about how much public officials are paid in Los Angeles County.

A bill that would protect American authors, journalists and publishers from foreign libel judgments that undermine the U.S. guarantee of free speech passed Congress on Tuesday.

Asne Seierstad has indicated she intends to appeal against the ruling. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian The author of the publishing sensation The Bookseller of Kabul was found guilty of defamation and "negligent journalistic practices" last week after losing a case against a woman who claimed the bestseller depicted her in a humiliating, ...

SWEDEN'S Stieg Larsson is the first author to sell more than one million books in Amazon's Kindle electronic bookstore, the online retail giant said today.

The U.S. State Department has reversed its decision to deny a visa to a leading Colombian journalist whose reporting has been highly critical of the country's U.S.-allied president.