April 11, 2019 Ecuador arrests Swedish software developer allegedly tied to WikiLeaks after Assange arrest, official says A Swedish software developer with close ties to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Thursday in connection with a group accused of attempting to blackmail Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno, The Associated Press reported.
April 11, 2019 Mexico frees 6 water rights activists after years in prison The Mexican government has freed six activists who fought to protect their community's water supply, acknowledging that their rights were "seriously violated" during more than a dozen years in jail.
April 11, 2019 Police find fentanyl lab in northern Mexico state capital Police in northern Mexico have raided a lab producing the synthetic opioid fentanyl, the second such lab detected in Mexico in the last four months.
April 11, 2019 Mexico prisons still dirty but less dangerous and crowded Mexico's state and federal prison systems are understaffed and dirty, but are no longer so dangerous and overcrowded.
April 11, 2019 Analysis: WikiLeaks founder unlikely to be extradited soon The battle between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the American government was always going to be epic, involving concepts like free speech, journalists' rights, national interests, even treason.
April 11, 2019 Trudeau defends measure to limit asylum claims in Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending legislation that would prevent people from "asylum shopping" in Canada, barring them from making such a claim if they previously applied for asylum in other safe countries, including the United States.
April 11, 2019 Assange, Ecuador had relationship akin to a testy telenovela The relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the Ecuadorians who granted him asylum had the ups and downs of a telenovela.
April 11, 2019 A timeline of key events in rule of Sudan's al-Bashir After 30 years in power, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was arrested and deposed by the military on Thursday, following nearly four months of protests against his rule.
April 11, 2019 Chronicle of Julian Assange's stay in the Ecuadorian embassy Julian Assange, the founder of anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, was arrested at the Embassy of Ecuador in London Thursday — seven years after he first took refuge there.
April 11, 2019 The Latest: Russia urges UK to observe Assange's rights The Latest on the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London (all times local): 11:15 a.m.