LONDON -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted political asylum by the Ecuadorian government after taking refuge in its London embassy on June 19. The asylum decision follows a U.K.

Ecuador’s government acknowledged on Tuesday that it had "temporarily restricted" WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s internet access at its embassy in London after the whistleblowing site published ...

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and a very public advocate for exposing government secrets, got into a heated back-and-forth with Erin Burnett earlier tonight over whether Assange could ...

Ecuador has decided to grant Julian Assange political asylum, in a move meant to prevent the WikiLeaks founder from being extradited to Sweden where he is suspected of committing sexual offenses.

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s government acknowledged on Tuesday that it cut off WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s internet access at its embassy in London after the whistleblowing site published a ...

Julian Assange, the famous whistleblower responsible for leaking thousands of documents and hacked emails through WikiLeaks, may be wearing out his welcome in Ecuador. Government officials in Ecuador ...

Ecuador's foreign minister has said its embassy in London will continue to provide political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Ricardo Patino was speaking after talks with his UK counterpart ...

Assange's recognition as a political refugee by Ecuador's left-wing government was a big symbolic victory for the embattled ex-hacker, but it did little to answer the question: `How will he ever leave ...