Why Julian Assange’s final court hearing will be on a remote Pacific island

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's 14-year legal odyssey will end on the tropical Pacific island of Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US commonwealth.

On Tuesday, the plane carrying Assange landed in Thailand's capital Bangkok for refueling, the Associated Press reported.

The WikiLeaks founder was on his way to enter a plea deal with the US government. The deal will free Assange and bring an end to a legal case, which has spanned years and continents, over the publication of a trove of classified documents.