Tag: United Kingdom

UK immigration up sharply in year to September

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2014 11:18 am

Britain's Guardian newspaper says that the U.K.'s signals intelligence branch is stealing screenshots from hundreds of thousands of Yahoo users' webcam videos, including a massive haul of intimate photographs.

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Report: United Kingdom spies intercept webcam pics, nudity

Associated Press · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Northern Ireland leader threatens to quit over IRA

Shawn Pogatchnik · February 26, 2014 7:09 pm

FILE - This undated file image released on Thursday May 23, 2013, by the British Ministry of Defence shows Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Sentencing is underway, Wednesday Feb. 26, 2014, for two al-Qaida-inspired extremists convicted for the murder of the off-duty British soldier who was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack on a London street. Self-described "soldier of Allah" Michael Adebolajo and accomplice Michael Adebowale were convicted in December of murdering 25-year-old Fusilier Lee Rigby, who was struck by a car then repeatedly stabbed with knives and a cleaver in front of horrified passers-by. (AP Photo/MOD, File)

Man guilty of slaying UK soldier sentenced to life

Sylvia Hui · February 26, 2014 6:19 pm

Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks arrives at the Old Bailey in London as the phone hacking trial continues Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014. Brooks says she never sanctioned phone hacking, and was horrified when she learned the tabloid had targeted the phone of a missing teenager. Brooks answered "no" when asked by her lawyer whether she had ever approved eavesdropping on voicemails for a story. (AP Photo/Jonathan Brady/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Brooks says she offered convicted hacker a job

Jill Lawless · February 26, 2014 6:01 pm

UN authorizes sanctions against Yemen spoilers

Edith Lederer · February 26, 2014 5:23 pm

Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks arrives at the Old Bailey in London as the phone hacking trial continues Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014. Brooks says she never sanctioned phone hacking, and was horrified when she learned the tabloid had targeted the phone of a missing teenager. Brooks answered "no" when asked by her lawyer whether she had ever approved eavesdropping on voicemails for a story. (AP Photo/Jonathan Brady/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Rebekah Brooks: I felt ‘horror’ at Dowler hacking

Jill Lawless · February 25, 2014 6:05 pm

FILE - This is a Friday, March 3, 2006. file photo of Moazzam Begg outside the United States Embassy in London. British police say a former Guantanamo Bay detainee is one of four people arrested on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offenses. West Midlands Police said Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014 that Moazzam Begg was arrested in the Birmingham area of central England. Police say 45-year-old Begg is suspected of attending a terrorist training camp and facilitating terrorism overseas. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

UK police arrest ex-Guantanamo detainee over Syria

Washington Examiner · February 25, 2014 5:22 pm

US judge mulls sending phone hacking case to UK

Linda Deutsch · February 25, 2014 12:30 am

UK-based trade association to U.S.: Rein in ‘patent troll menace’

Jessica Karmasek · February 21, 2014 12:00 am

The national flag of the Peoples Islamic Republic of Iran flies outside its embassy in London, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. The Iranian Embassy in London reopened its doors Thursday more than two years after it shut down over diplomatic tensions between the Islamic Republic and the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Iran’s London mission reopens doors after 2 years

Washington Examiner · February 20, 2014 8:54 pm

Rebekah Brooks, right, former News International chief executive, and her husband Charlie Brooks, left, arrive at the Central Criminal Court in London where she appears to face charges related to phone hacking, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Rebekah Brooks takes stand, denies phone hacking

Jill Lawless · February 20, 2014 5:21 pm