The Australian government has confirmed that the WikiLeaks founder has a valid Australian passport.
It means the Wikileaks founder can legally return to Australia.
There are fears that Ecuador will soon end his asylum in its London embassy and could extradite him to the United States.
Officials say Assange's new passport was issued in September last year after previous passport had expired.
According to reports, Assange is suffering from health issues that need immediate treatment.
31 killed, 40 wounded in Israeli raids on Lebanon
Israeli raids targeting several areas across Lebanon on Tuesday killed 31 people and wounded 40 others, Lebanon's health ministry said, in one of the heaviest days of bombing in weeks.
Israel military says it's killed Hamas' armed commander
Israel said on Wednesday it had killed Hamas's newly appointed armed wing chief in Gaza, days after it killed his predecessor, while intensifying military pressure in Gaza and expanding operations in Lebanon.
Remnants of Assad's chemical weapons programme recovered
Syria's transitional leadership has located remnants of former President Bashar al-Assad's clandestine chemical weapons programme, including raw materials and munitions similar to those used to carry out deadly gas attacks during the country's long-running civil war.
Chemical tank rupture in Washington state causes one death, multiple injuries
A chemical tank imploded and ruptured at a Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility in the US state of Washington on Tuesday, resulting in one death and nine injuries, while nine others remained unaccounted for as of Tuesday night, authorities said.
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