The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange's 12-year saga

WASHINGTON (AP) — About a year and a half ago, a lawyer for Julian Assange presented federal prosecutors in Virginia with a longshot request: Dismiss the case against the WikiLeaks founder. It was a bold ask given that Assange had published hundreds of thousands of secret...

Things to know about how Julian Assange and US prosecutors arrived at a plea deal to end his case

WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia as a free man, having resolved through a plea deal a U.S. Justice Department case charging him with obtaining and publishing government secrets on his secret-spilling website. It was a stunning resolution to a...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet and raised a celebratory clenched fist as his supporters cheered Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice...

Saipan, placid island setting for Assange's last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually tourists — attracted by laid-back resorts, snorkeling, diving and golf — and the furthermost reach of...

WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets Wednesday in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his liberty and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about...

An aircraft carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has left Saipan heading to Australia

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — An aircraft carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has left Saipan heading to Australia.

Hearing expected to lead to release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange begins at the US district court in Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — Hearing expected to lead to release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange begins at the US district court in Saipan.

Plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lands in Saipan ahead of US plea hearing expected to lead to his release

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — Plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lands in Saipan ahead of US plea hearing expected to lead to his release.

Today In History: June 15, More than 1,000 killed in New York steamboat disaster

Today in History Today is Saturday, June 15, the 167th day of 2024. There are 199 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New...