Scotland Yard chief resigns in tabloid scandal

The head of Scotland Yard resigned amid a phone-hacking scandal that has reached into the highest levels of public life in Britain, a...

British tabloids' tactics may spur soul-searching

What others might call lying, Paul McMullan calls a brilliant maneuver.

Two top News Corp. executives resign

The News Corp. phone-hacking scandal claimed two high-ranking executives running the company's U.S. and British operations as Chief...

FBI opens inquiry into Murdoch's News Corp.

The phone hacking scandal that has ignited a political firestorm in Britain jumped the Atlantic on Thursday as the FBI opened an...

Murdoch and son to appear before Parliament committee

After initially saying no, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son James agreed Thursday to appear before lawmakers next week to answer...

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. drops bid for BSkyB

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's latest effort at damage control, abruptly shelving his bid to take over Britain's biggest satellite...

Wall Street remains wary of News Corp.

News Corp.'s decision to ditch its $12-billion bid for Britain's largest pay-television service was greeted with guarded optimism on Wall...

Gordon Brown accuses Rupert Murdoch's papers of snooping on him

In a startling turn in Britain's phone-hacking scandal, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday accused Rupert Murdoch's newspapers of...

Sunken Russian boat was overloaded, in need of repairs

A Russian riverboat was overloaded and in need of repairs when it sank in the Volga River with 208 people on board, officials said Monday as...

Cyprus munitions explosion kills 12

Two top officials in Cyprus resigned Monday after a massive explosion of munitions seized from an Iranian shipment to Syria killed at...

As British cellphone hacking scandal widens, Murdoch's bid for BSkyB hits new snag

Embattled media magnate Rupert Murdoch's bid for control of Britain's biggest satellite broadcaster ran into further trouble Monday, even as...

Russian riverboat sinks; 100 missing, feared dead

More than 100 people were missing and feared dead after the sudden sinking of a passenger cruiser on the Volga River on Sunday afternoon,...

Rupert Murdoch visits a London that's turned on him

He's been one of the most powerful forces in British politics for decades, even though he doesn't live here and can't vote in an election....

Georgian photographers charged with spying for Russia

The personal photographer for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and two others were charged Saturday with spying for Russia,...

British tabloid scandal envelops three pillars already stained

The British are no strangers to scandals involving their politicians, their police and their press. But after a series of recent troubles...

Royal couple begin Southland visit

The plane carrying Los Angeles' much-awaited guests was a few minutes late touching down Friday at Los Angeles International Airport.

News Corp. media properties give less play than others to British tabloid scandal

The deepening scandal surrounding the London tabloid News of the World is being covered very differently by the media outlets of News Corp....

News of the World shuts down amid hacking scandal

Facing a tide of outrage over rampant phone-hacking, Rupert Murdoch jettisoned the notorious News of the World tabloid in an effort to...

More accusations of cellphone hacking attempts raise heat on British tabloid

Lawmakers, advertisers and outraged citizens turned up the heat on British tabloid News of the World as more accusations surfaced...

Former Ukraine premier evicted from her trial

The abuse-of-power trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko slid into chaos Wednesday when the Western-leaning politician...