LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has got a new companion at his Ecuadorian embassy refuge in London: a kitten...
Assange took refuge at the embassy building in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden...
LONDON: London’s cash-strapped police will no longer keep officers stationed outside the Ecuadorean embassy to catch WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up inside for over three years, the force said on Monday...
However, the police said they would maintain a “covert plan” to arrest Assange, 44, who entered the embassy in June 2012 to avoid being extradited to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over a rape...
SYDNEY: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's three-and-a-half-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London amounts to 'unlawful detention', a United Nations panel examining his appeal will rule on Friday, the BBC reported...
Assange, a former computer hacker who has been holed up in the embassy since June 2012, told the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that he was a political refugee whose rights had been infringed by being...
LONDON: Ecuador spied on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at its London embassy where he has been living since 2012, initially to support him but things changed after he hacked the mission’s computers, The Guardian reported on Wednesday...
The newspaper said Ecuador employed an international security company and undercover agents to monitor his visitors, embassy staff and even the British police at the embassy in London’s luxury...
Acting United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Alice Wells' scheduled trip to Pakistan has been postponed, the US Embassy in Pakistan confirmed on Sunday...
Wells was set to visit Islamabad on August 28 to discuss "cooperation in the region", said a US State Department media note...
Elsewhere Thursday, there was an impressive win for Brazil over Ecuador in the thin air of Quito, which is situated a dizzying 2,850 meters (9,350 feet) above sea level...
Jesus won the penalty for the first goal after bursting into the area and drawing a foul from Ecuador goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez...
WINNIPEG: Switzerland earned a record-tying 10-1 triumph over Ecuador on Friday for their first ever Women’s World Cup victory as defending champions Japan staved off a spirited figthback from Cameroon to continue their winning run...
Cameroon, who beat Ecuador 6-0 on Monday, are also on three points while the winless South Americans are the first team to be eliminated from the World Cup...
SANTIAGO: Mexico snatched a pulsating 3-3 draw with Chile while Bolivia downed Ecuador in a five-goal thriller as the Copa America laid on a feast of attacking football on Monday...
A dramatic day of action in Group ‘A’ saw Bolivia secure their first win in the tournament in 18 years with a 3-2 victory over Ecuador in Valparaiso before an epic battle between Chile and Mexico in Santiago...
QUITO: Socialist Lenin Moreno on Monday celebrated victory in his bid to extend a decade of leftist rule in Ecuador but faced allegations of voting fraud from his conservative rival...
It would also be a relief for Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faced a threat by Moreno’s rival to expel him from his refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy...
QUITO: The death toll from Ecuador's devastating 7...
SEATTLE: Clint Dempsey struck again as the United States powered through to the semi-finals of the Copa America Centenario on Thursday in a stormy 2-0 win over Ecuador that saw both sides finish with 10 men...
Michael Arroyo pulled a goal back for Ecuador in the 74th minute to set up a frantic finale, but the US held on and will now face either Argentina or Venezuela in the semi-finals in Houston next week...
In March 2015, an Ecuador air force school plane crashed in the southwestern coastal town of Salinas, killing two pilots...
NEW DELHI: India’s ambitions to become a military industrial hub for overseas clients may have suffered a jolt after the government of Ecuador cancelled orders for Indian-built choppers following a clutch of fatal crashes, local reports said on Thursday...
“In a major setback for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the government of Ecuador which had bought seven Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters from India has grounded all such remaining...
QUITO (Ecuador): Ecuador beat Uruguay on Thursday to top the South American World Cup qualifying group after three games but Brazil and Argentina must wait after their much anticipated clash was postponed because of heavy rain...
Ecuador won 2-1 to record their third consecutive win and their best start to the qualifying phase...
PASADENA: Brazil showed touches of magic but a lack of killer intinct as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Ecuador in their Copa America Group B opener on Saturday...
Ecuador looked sporadically dangerous on the counter, tempting Brazil's Casemiro and Elias into yellow card fouls while Gil was booked for dissent...