Katie Engelhart

Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for more than four years, avoiding Swedish authorities who want to question him

"It was, for us, a defeat of our intelligence services," one politician told VICE News.

"What should we make of the 'Germany is colourful' campaign? A compost heap is colorful too."

The political and economic fallout of the Brexit could boost support for a vote on Irish unification, which would see Northern Ireland leave the United Kingdom.

On Monday, an 81-year-old man became the first witness to testify in London after 40,000 Kenyans sued the British government for alleged torture and mistreatment under colonial rule.

In Belarus, government forces, including the former Soviet bloc's last remaining KGB, regularly crack down on protesters and independent journalists.

On Tuesday, one of France's largest and most hardline trade unions staged a mass demonstration in central Paris, against a labor-reform law. Things turned ugly fast.

The far right Freedom Party has worked hard to shed its Nazi legacy and thuggish image. Now, its candidate looks likely to become president of Austria.

Israeli organizations are setting up shop in eastern Ukraine, to help Jewish people displaced by war with Russia-backed rebels. Anyone with Jewish heritage can take one-way flights to Israel.

Leaked documents show that Oxford University trustees were concerned about losing around $150 million in donations if they removed a statue of a famed 19th century British Empire-builder.

France is looking for allies in its war against IS, but exactly what war against a"state" that isn't a state means, and who will do what in it, is far from certain.