Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will resolve a long-running legal saga. Assange will plead guilty in exchange for release and return to his native Australia. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the current phase of fighting against Hamas in Gaza is winding down. Nine months after the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) project was announced, to link India and Europe through the Arabian Peninsula via sea and rail links, work has begun to operationalise the first leg of the corridor.