QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s foreign minister said Tuesday that WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange took refuge in the South American nation’s embassy in London and was seeking political asylum. Foreign ...

Ecuador has accepted the asylum request of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, putting the United Kingdom in a difficult bind. Can it revoke Ecuador's diplomatic status so it can arrest a fugitive ...

UPDATE: Martin Beckford of the Telegraph reports that Julian Assange "will still face arrest the minute he walks out of the Knightsbridge building" because he breached his bail conditions. Thus he ...

It's a nerve-rattling Friday for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as his last chance for freedom hangs precariously in the balance. The government of Ecuador was supposed to announce its decision on ...

LONDON (AP) – Ecuadorean officials said Monday that their government is still considering whether to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who walked into Ecuador’s embassy in London on ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's nearly seven-year stay at Ecuador's embassy in London came to an abrupt end on Thursday when police entered the building and arrested him after Ecuador withdrew his ...

- Assange asylum - For seven years, the Ecuadorian embassy in London was at the center of the Julian Assange saga, offering asylum to the WikiLeaks founder pursued by the United States for divulging ...

LONDON-He's won asylum in Ecuador, but Julian Assange is no closer to getting there. The decision by the South American nation to identify the WikiLeaks founder as a refugee is a symbolic boost for ...

Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said Julian Assange has "repeatedly violated" the conditions of his asylum at the country's embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks founder has lived for more than six ...

Ecuador has granted citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after more than five years of living in asylum at the nation's embassy in London, officials announced Thursday. Foreign Minister ...

Ecuador granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum on Thursday, but a standoff was continuing at Ecuador's embassy in London after Britain refused him safe passage out of the country.