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Julian Assange pictured as he left court in London yesterday

Assange aide arrested trying to leave Ecuador

Julian Assange, seen here on a balcony of the embassy in 2018, has been inside the building since 2012

Assange to be expelled from Ecudaorian embassy - report

Julian Assange at the Embassy of Ecuador in London

Assange taking legal action against Ecuador government

World / 20 Oct 18

Julian Assange has been in the embassy for more than five years

Decision over Assange warrant to be made next month

David Higgins lived in Galway but was originally from Co Kerry

Family in tribute as body of second Irish kayaker found

News / 23 Jan 18

It is understood that Alex McGourty had been travelling with a group of kayakers

Irishman dies, second missing in Ecuador kayak accident

News / 22 Jan 18

Julian Assange has been living in Ecuador's London embassy for five-and-a-half years

Ecuador grants citizenship to Julian Assange

News / 11 Jan 18

The Buenos Aires gig was part of a world tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the band's legendary "Joshua Tree" album

U2 delay gig for World Cup qualifier

News / 11 Oct 17

Julian Assange has been living in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012

Ecuador restricted Assange's internet access

News / 19 Oct 16

Prosecutors in Sweden want to interview Julian Assange in connection a 2010 rape allegation against him

Ecuador to allow Sweden interview Assange

News / 11 Aug 16

Last Saturday's earthquake was the worst in nearly seven decades

Ecuador death toll rises above 650

News / 24 Apr 16

Dozens of people are still missing from the weekend earthquake

Second quake strikes off coast of Ecuador

News / 20 Apr 16

People rest in a park in Guayaquil after the earthquake destroyed buildings and sent people running from their homes

Devastation in Ecuador

Galleries / 18 Apr 16

The earthquake was felt across Ecuador as well as in northern Peru and southern Colombia

At least 235 people killed in Ecuador earthquake

News / 17 Apr 16

Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012

Ecuador to cooperate over Assange interrogation

News / 13 Jan 16

The Wolf volcano has been dormant for the last 33 years

Volcano erupts on Galápagos Islands

News / 26 May 15

Julian Assange has been living inside Ecuador's London embassy since June 2012

Assange welcomes Swedish request to question him

News / 13 Mar 15

View of a dust cloud in Quito, after a
5.1-magnitude earthquake hit the Ecuadoran capital

Ecuador quake triggers deadly landslides

News / 13 Aug 14

Julian Assange has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy for more than a year

Hidden microphone found in Ecuador's UK embassy

News / 03 Jul 13

Rafael Correa urged Edward Snowden to 'keep his spirits high'

Ecuador says Russia will decide Snowden's fate

News / 30 Jun 13

Mystery over Edward Snowden's whereabouts after he was not seen aboard Cuba-bound Aeroflot plane at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport as had been expected.

US wants Russia to expel whistleblower Snowden

News / 24 Jun 13

Rafael Correa said the outcome was a victory for the 'citizens' revolution'

Correa wins second re-election in Ecuador

News / 18 Feb 13

British authorities say Julian Assange will be arrested if he sets foot outside the embassy

Assange 'suffering from chronic lung ailment'

News / 29 Nov 12

Britain withdraws raid threat in Assange standoff

News / 27 Aug 12

British authorities seek to resume Assange talks

News / 24 Aug 12

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