In one of the most unexpected events in the history of journalism, media mogul Rupert Murdoch has decided to close down publication of the News of the World tabloid after almost 170 years of existence.
James Murdoch announces that blighted tabloid News of the World will close for good.
After public outrage over the hacking of a missing 13-year old girl's voice mail, Rupert Murdoch has finally pulled the plug on British tabloid News of the World.
News of the World, the 168 year old British tabloid will end it’s run on Sunday, the company said Thursday.
The British public is demanding justice after popular tabloid magazine News of the World was found hacking the cell phones of the dead.
The mother of a British soldier killed while on duty in Iraq said those involved in the hacking scandal should be brought to court.
It's highly unlikely that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will replace U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the 2012 Democratic Party presidential ticket, but sometimes is U.S. presidential politics, the unexpected occurs.
In a reversal, the Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it would begin to send condolence letters to families of soldiers who died by suicide.
The creation of a new Iraqi National Oil Company to run the OPEC member's energy sector is not essential and might confuse the work of the oil ministry, Iraq's oil minister said on Sunday.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously confirmed Gen. David H. Petraeus, now commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
The Senate voted unanimously 94-0 to confirm General David Petraeus, the top American commander in Afghanistan to be the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Prince Turki al-Faisal, a senior diplomat and scion of the ruling Saudi royal family, told senior NATO officials that Riyadh would not stand idle in the event that Tehran developed nuclear arms, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper of Britain
On Wednesday, a day before his final one at the Pentagon, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a statement of farewell, thanking all U.S. Armed Forces.
An Iraqi court has sentenced the widow of al-Qaeda’s local chieftain to life in prison for helping her husband carry out terrorist attacks.
Two French journalists who were kidnapped in Afghanistan eighteen months ago have been freed, according to a statement from the Elysee palace in Paris.
The recent research project Costs of War find the estimated cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan could be $3.7 to $4.4 trillion,
After a diplomatic meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said that Beijing supports a political resolution to the conflict in Libya.
While Jackass star Ryan Dunn's private memorial service held on Wednesday was peaceful and his life and death have been honored by many fans and media, one question remains unanswered. Can Dunn be sued?
Obama’s troop withdrawal plan from Afghanistan has stirred California lawmakers' criticism with both parties of Golden State congressional delegation responding strongly.
President Obama's decision to sharply reduce troop levels in Afghanistan acknowledged how much the war is costing the U.S.
Recently departed Osama bin Laden wanted to change the name of his terrorist outfit al-Qaeda to something else for “marketing reasons,” according to a report in the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
Navy SEALs film to hit theaters, probably in early 2012.
