UK police on Saturday arrested five people at The Sun tabloid newspaper, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. The arrests were connected to "Operation Elveden," in which the paper allegedly bribed police for story tips.
Argentina's foreign minister on Friday claimed the UK had dispatched a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic near the disputed Falkland Islands, a region covered by a nuclear prohibition treaty. Britain refused to discuss the claims.
Argentine’s President Cristina Fernandez (pictured) on Tuesday accused Britain of “militarising” their dispute over the Falklands by sending a modern warship to the South Atlantic islands and vowed to complain to the UN Security Council.
Britain marked 200 years since Charles Dickens' birth on Tuesday with Prince Charles laying a wreath at his grave in London's Westminster Abbey, where he was buried in 1870. Dickens is the author of such enduring classics as "A Christmas Carol".
Queen Elizabeth II on Monday marked 60 years since ascending to the throne and beginning a reign marked by changing perceptions of the British monarchy. During her reign, there have been 12 British prime ministers, 12 US presidents and six popes.
A heavy overnight snowfall forced London Heathrow airport, one of the world’s busiest hubs, to cancel 30 percent of its flights Sunday. Europe is experiencing a brutal cold snap, which has caused more than 200 deaths in the past week.
Prince William was thrust to the centre of an ongoing war of words over the disputed Falkland Islands this week. Buenos Aires said the prince would be wearing ‘the uniform of a conqueror’ when he lands on the islands later this month.
Four British men pleaded guilty Wednesday to a plot to bomb the London Stock exchange and other high-profile targets in December 2010. The defendants and five others were accused of planning a "Mumbai-style" atrocity.
The American papers weigh in on where the GOP might go after the Florida primary - predicting a long fight can only boost Barack Obama, while tearing the Republicans apart. We also look at Syria, and the fall from grace of Fred the Shred.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to appeal to the UK's Supreme Court Wednesday not to extradite him to Sweden, where he faces sexual assault charges. An extradition could seriously impede the anti-secrecy websites work.
