• Cover Media

    ICC Issues New Warrants Against Russian Leaders for Crimes Against Humanity

    'Newsweek' reports that arrest warrants have been issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for two high-ranking Russian officials. The court issued warrants are for Russia's former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff General Valery Gerasimov.

  • Variety

    Christos Nikou’s ‘Fingernails,’ Starring Jesse Buckley and Riz Ahmed and Co-Produced by Cate Blanchett, to Close Karlovy Vary

    “Fingernails,” starring Jesse Buckley and Riz Ahmed, is to close the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The tender and idiosyncratic romantic drama, co-produced by Cate Blanchett, is the sophomore outing from director Christos Nikou, who made a splash with his debut “Apples.” More to follow.

  • Associated Press

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle ends

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga. The criminal case of international intrigue, which had played out for years, came to a surprise end in a most unusual setting with Assange, 52, entering his plea in a U.S. district court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands. The American commonwealth in the Pacific is relatively close to Assange’s native Australia and accommodated his desire to avoid entering the continental United States.