Hacking Scandal

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  Spain Spy Chief In Hot Seat Over Phone Hacking Scandal

  Spain's top spymaster was grilled behind closed doors by lawmakers on Thursday over mobile phone hacking revelations that have roiled the country's fragile coalition government.

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  United States to Host China for High-Level Talks

  The US kicks off a 'strategic and economic' dialogue with China next week, a way of addressing the numerous outstanding disputes between the two powers.

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  Former British Editor Rebekah Brooks Set to Return to News Corp: Reports

  Former Editor of the now-defunct tabloid News of the World, Rebekah Brooks is all set to make a comeback to her alma mater News Corp, to run its social media news agency Storyful, the Financial Times reported.

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  Angry North Korea to Skip UN Security Council Meeting

  An angry North Korea, now on the defensive over a US accusation of hacking, is refusing to take part in a groundbreaking UN Security Council meeting Monday where the country's bleak human rights situation will be discussed for the first time.

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  Why Johnny Depp is Scared After Phone Hacking Scandal

  The 51-year-old actor is apparently quite serious about coming up with his own rock album

• Scotland Yard to Interview Rupert Murdoch: Report

  Scotland Yard detectives have told media mogul Rupert Murdoch that he will be interviewed as a suspect over crimes, including phone-hacking by journalists, at his British newspapers, a media report said today.

• UK press moves court to stop regulation on media

  Britain's press is going to court in a bid to stop the imposition of new rules developed after the country's phone hacking scandal.

• UK phone hacking scandal: Journalist charged over theft of lawmaker's phone

  A journalist from The Sun newspaper has been charged in relation to the theft of a British lawmaker's mobile phone.

• Britain phone hacking scandal: Rebekah Brooks pleads not guilty

  Rebekah Brooks, a former executive to Rupert Murdoch and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, pleaded not guilty in a London court on Wednesday to charges of criminal behaviour during her time at two national tabloids.

• British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal

  A senior British counter-terrorism detective was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

• David Cameron rejects press law after hacking scandal

  Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the idea of a law to regulate the British press on Thursday, risking a split in his government after an inquiry advised legal backing for a watchdog to police the sometimes outrageous conduct of newspapers.

• British Prime Minister's former media chief in court over phone hacking

  Andy Coulson, the former media chief of British Prime Minister David Cameron, appeared in court on Thursday charged with phone hacking while he was editor of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

• UK police arrest 3 in phone hacking investigation

  Two former members of the National Health Service were arrested on Thursday by officers investigating corrupt links between police and journalists exposed by Britain's phone hacking scandal, Scotland Yard said.

• Cameron faces Murdoch storm at UK media probe

  British Prime Minister David Cameron, under fire for courting an exclusive media clique led by Rupert Murdoch, appeared before a judicial inquiry on Thursday to try and neuter claims his ministers tailored policy to further Murdoch's interests. Cameron's once cosy ties with Murdoch's inner circle mean he is under pressure to pull off a virtuoso per...

• British Prime Minister Cameron set for tough day at press inquiry

  British Prime Minister David Cameron faces an uncomfortable appearance before Britain's press-ethics inquiry on Thursday, with the spotlight set be shone on his links to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.