Tag: United Kingdom

Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive, left, accompanied by her husband Charlie Brooks, leaves the Central Criminal Court in London, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was convicted of phone hacking Tuesday, but fellow editor Rebekah Brooks was acquitted after a months-long trial centering on illegal activity at the heart of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire. A jury at London's Old Bailey unanimously found Coulson, the former spin doctor of British Prime Minister David Cameron, guilty of conspiring to intercept communications. Brooks was acquitted of that charge and of counts of bribing officials and obstructing police. The nearly eight-month trial was triggered by revelations that for years the News of the World used illegal eavesdropping to get stories, listening in on the voicemails of celebrities, politicians and even crime victims. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

One editor convicted, one cleared in UK scandal

Jill Lawless · June 24, 2014 9:05 pm

UN estimates 423 killed in Ukraine’s east

Edith Lederer · June 24, 2014 8:56 pm

A local youth takes a selfie photograph in front of Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to St George's indoor market on in Belfast Tuesday June 24, 2014. The Queen is on a 3 day visit to Northern Ireland . (AP Photo/Peter Macdiarmid, Pool)

UK queen visits Belfast set of ‘Game of Thrones’

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 7:05 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt, right, after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel signals possible EU concessions to Britain

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 2:14 pm

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, center, receives Chinese premier Li Keqiang, left, and his wife Cheng Hong at Windsor Castle, during their visit to the Britain, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons, pool)

Trade deals signed as China premier visits UK

Sylvia Hui · June 17, 2014 5:03 pm

UK says cyber-spies monitor Facebook, Google use

Jill Lawless · June 17, 2014 4:38 pm

China premier in UK visit to boost trade ties

Sylvia Hui · June 16, 2014 1:40 pm

Pound jumps after hint of interest rate hike

Danica Kirka · June 13, 2014 4:13 pm

FILE- In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 19, 2014, Britain's Chancellor George Osborne poses for the media with the traditional red dispatch box outside his official residence at 11 Downing Street in London, as he departs to deliver his annual budget speech to the House of Commons. Britain's Treasury chief George Osborne on Thursday June 12, 2014, is widely expected to propose new criminal sanctions and tougher oversight to protect the financial markets from manipulation. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, FILE)

UK to toughen laws for London-based global markets

Danica Kirka · June 12, 2014 2:24 pm

National Security

UK court says terror trial can be partly secret

Jill Lawless · June 12, 2014 1:51 pm

UK unemployment drops as economy strengthens

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2014 9:31 am

Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive, arrives at the Central Criminal Court in London, Monday, June 9, 2014 where they appear to face charges related to phone hacking. Judge John Saunders began summing up at the trial of former News of the World editors Brooks and Andy Coulson, and five others, on charges related to wrongdoing at Murdoch's British tabloids. All the defendants deny the charges. The jury will retire to consider its verdicts in the next few days, after more than seven months of testimony and argument. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

UK phone hacking trial set to go to jury

Jill Lawless · June 9, 2014 12:08 pm