"This indictment sets a dangerous precedent, and threatens to undermine America's First Amendment and the freedom of the press," editors an...

The Metropolitan Police said he had been taken into custody and will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court "as soon as is possible".

Assange was "prepared" for expulsion from the building, a British friend of his said on Tuesday.

Russian officials had devised a covert plan to help Wikileaks founder Julian Assange escape to Russia from his Ecuadorian embassy hideout i...

Assange had made a request to attend the funeral of MacFadyen, a US journalist who died in London on October 22 aged 76.

Assange, 44, was granted political asylum by Ecuador, which has housed him since 2012 at its central London embassy.

Ecuador President Correa said the Swedish authorities will submit questions to Ecuadorian officials, who will then quiz Assange about them.

In April, the activist had said he consented to the Swedish prosecutor's conditions for the interrogation procedure to take place at the em...

Julian Assange from their London embassy in a diplomatic bag, wearing a fancy dress disguise, in one the many bizarre plots drawn up to eva...

The talks will focus on allowing Swedish authorities to question Assange at his hideout in the Ecuadorean mission.

Wikileaks' recent document dump reveals emails leaked from an Italian company called Hacking Team that sells intrusive spyware to governmen...

Sweden sought Assange's arrest in 2010 but he denies the assault claims and has sought refuge at the Ecuadorean embassy in London since 201...

Ecuador today said it would take months to decide on whether to grant asylum to US whistleblower Edward Snowden

Vladimir Putin said Snowden is a free man and Russian had no reason to apprehend him, much less extradite him for lack of a treaty with the...

Julian Assange has a remarkable ability to cope with pressures exerted by a host of countries, but the future of his organisation is uncert...

One argument is that Britain's move is part of larger conspiracy led by Americans to get their hands on Assange.

Britain today said it would not provide safe passage to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he was granted asylum by Ecuador.