The cables were leaked to several newspapers, including: The Guardian, the New York Times and Germany's Der Spiegel.
Australians on watch-list, says WikiLeaks report: A leaked United States diplomatic cable talking of 23 Australians who have been put on "terrorism watch-lists" in Yemen yet to be published by WikiLeaks.
"Yemen had become a magnet for would-be jihadists from around the globe, and a January cable listed 23 Australian citizens and residents to be added to terrorism watch lists because of activities in Yemen or connections to Mr Awlaki, the radical cleric hiding there," the New York Times reported.
Be ready to act on China, Rudd told US: A leaked WikiLeaks cable has revealed that then prime minister Kevin Rudd warned US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be prepared to use force against China "if everything goes wrong".
Mr Rudd also told Mrs Clinton during a meeting in Washington on March 24 last year that China was "paranoid" about Taiwan and Tibet and that his ambitious plan for an Asia-Pacific community was intended to blunt Chinese influence.
Fairfax and News Ltd newspapers say the cable also reveals Mr Rudd offered Australian special forces to fight inside Pakistan once an agreement could be struck with Islamabad.
WikiLeaks exposes UK 'paranoia' over US: US officials privately mocked the attitude of senior members of then opposition leader David Cameron's party who vowed to run a pro-US regime if they won this year's election, in leaked cables on Saturday.
Conservative party politicians also lined up to pledge that they would buy more arms from the US if they came to power, the US embassy cables released by the WikiLeaks website and published in The Guardian show.
US cable describes Saddam execution: A cable dispatched in January 2007 and classified secret describes in detail the circumstances of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's execution, from guards telling him to "go to hell" to officials taking mobile phone pictures.
Al-Jazeera 'used as political tool': A US dispatch from November 2009 says Qatar is using the Arabic TV news channel Al-Jazeera as a bargaining chip in negotiations with other countries.
Government control over the channel's reporting appears to US diplomats to be so direct that they said the channel's output had become "part of our bilateral discussions - as it has been to favourable effect between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and other countries".
Libya 'risked nuclear disaster': Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was prepared to leave highly enriched uranium potentially unprotected and at risk of hijack in a fit of pique aimed at the UN, US cables revealed by WikiLeaks show.
British newspaper The Guardian said the leaked secret diplomatic cables showed that seven metal casks sealed only for transport, not for storage, were left at a Libyan nuclear facility with a single armed guard in November 2009.
Corruption rife in Afghanistan: US diplomatic cables portray Afghanistan as rife with graft to the highest levels of government, with tens of millions of dollars flowing out of the country and a cash transfer network that facilitates bribes for corrupt Afghan officials, drug traffickers and insurgents.
In a July 7, 2009, cable, US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry describes "two contrasting portraits" of the Afghan president.
"The first is of a paranoid and weak individual unfamiliar with the basics of nation building and overly self-conscious that his time in the spotlight of glowing reviews from the international community has passed," the cable says. "The other is that of an ever-shrewd politician who sees himself as a nationalist hero. ... In order to recalibrate our relationship with Karzai, we must deal with and challenge both of these personalities."
US believed Gordon Brown was 'abysmal': US officials believed former British prime minister Gordon Brown had an "abysmal track record" and lurched "from political disaster to disaster," US documents revealed by WikiLeaks show.
Britain's Guardian newspaper on Friday published leaked cables sent from the US embassy in London in which US officials dismissed the British leader's attempts to guide his "rudderless" Labour party after Tony Blair stepped down in 2007.
A cable sent by then US ambassador Robert Tuttle on July 31, 2008, speculated on the possibility that Brown could be ousted as leader of his party.
WikiLeaks connect Putin to spy plot: Senior US officials believed Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin could have known about the plan to murder dissident former spy Alexander Litvinenko in London, according to documents released by WikiLeaks.
The documents posted on the WikiLeaks website also describe Russia as a "virtual mafia state" in which the activities of the government and organised crime are indistinguishable, according to The Guardian.
Saudi Arabia pressed US to attack Iran: According to a 2008 memo, Saudi King Abdullah pressed Washington to take military action to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, describing it as 'cutting off the head of the snake'.
The US spied on the UN: Secret cables are said to reveal that Washington spied on foreign dignitaries and the United Nations.
Israel may strike Iran: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates reportedly warned former French defence minister Herve Morin that Israel could strike Iran with any US military help, but such a strike might not be successful. Gates has made the same point in public comments.
China cold on North Korea: The Guardian newspaper reports that despite its public support of Pyongyang, Beijing is privately distancing itself from the North Korean regime. According to leaked cables a Chines ambassador warned of the North Korea nuclear threat, and Beijing regarded the regime as a 'spoiled child'.
China directed Google hacking: The US believes that the Chinese government has directed a hacking campaign against Google and some Western governments.
'Rude' Prince Andrew shocked US officials: The Guardian also reveals that Britain's Prince Andrew shocked US diplomats with a scathing attacking on British officials, journalists and the French.
Washington seeking to curb Iran: While that might be nothing new, The Guardian cables reveal a chilling warning from the US about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East
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