Sydney, Apr 19 (ANI): The executive editor of British newspaper, The Sun, has been charged in an ongoing probe of phone hacking and corruption.

London, Mar 19 (ANI): Former world champion boxer Chris Eubank has challenged media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to a gargantuan battle on Monday over phone-hacking after rejecting a 21,000 pound offer of compensation, branding it as derisory.

London, Mar 15 (ANI): Four journalists from Britain's Mirror Group Newspapers have been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to hack voice mails.

London, Feb 23 (ANI): The former deputy editor at the now-defunct British tabloid News of the World (NoTW) will not face any charges regarding phone hacking.

London, Feb 14 (ANI): Six more former journalist of the now-defunct British newspaper, News of the World, have been arrested as part of a new police investigation into the phone hacking scandal.

London, Jan 10 (ANI): Former British prime minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie Blair, is one of 130 victims of phone-hacking who has accepted damages from News International in the latest batch of civil claims to be settled.

London, Dec 22 (ANI): Actor Hugh Grant has received 'substantial damages' from Rupert Murdoch's media firm News International after settling his claim for phone hacking by the now defunct British tabloid News of the World.

London, Oct 23 (ANI): The publishers of the British media firm the Daily Mirror have become embroiled in the phone hacking scandal after it emerged that four individuals have launched legal action against the company's titles.

London, Oct 16 (ANI): Former chief executive of News International Rebekah Brooks was awarded a seven million pound pay-off when she resigned over the phone hacking scandal, it has emerged.

London, Oct 15 (ANI): Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has reportedly branded victims of British tabloid News of the World's phone hacking 'scumbag celebrities'.

London, Sep. 27 (ANI): Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and British Prime Minister David Cameron's former spin doctor Andy Coulson will not face trial over allegations linked to phone hacking for the next one year.

London, Sept 20 (ANI): American shareholders in Rupert Murdoch's media firm News Corporation are reportedly asking a U.S. court for permission to sue the firm's board for not being able to stop the phone hacking scandal.

London, Sept 18 (ANI): A notorious private detective agency in Britain carried out a burglary while working for the now defunct tabloid News of the World, in an attempt to dig up salacious information.

London, Sept 6 (ANI): News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch has been paid nearly 30 million dollars, despite part of his annual bonus being deducted in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

London, Aug 31 (ANI): British police has arrested the top legal advisor at News Corp.'s now-defunct tabloid News of the World tabloid on suspicion of "conspiracy to intercept communications".

London, Aug 29 (ANI): The phone hacking scandal involving the now defunct tabloid, The News of the World (NOTW), was the most tweeted about topic by British journalists, a survey has revealed.

London, Aug 3 (ANI): Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has been formally charged in connection with an ongoing police inquiry into allegations of phone-hacking at the now defunct British tabloid News of the World (NOTW).

New York, August 2 (ANI): Scarlett Johansson, whose nude photos were leaked after her phone was hacked last year, is reportedly so scared that she has ditched virtually all technology and fears that she's being watched all the time.

London, June 13 (ANI): Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is due to appear in court for the first time to face charges related to the News of The World phone hacking scandal.

London, June 2 (ANI): News International could be facing more than 500 civil claims for damages from alleged victims of the News of the World phone hacking incident, it has emerged.

London, May 31 (ANI): Sir Sean Connery has refused to follow up allegations that he was targeted by a phone hacker because "he doesn't want anything to do with" the newspaper scandal.

London, May 17 (ANI): Tom Cruise has claimed in an interview that his mobile phone may have been hacked by journalists working for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World in the past.

London, May 16 (ANI): Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, who was charged with hiding evidence of phone hacking from police, slammed the investigation as a waste of public money, and called herself the victim of a witch-hunt.

London, May 15 (ANI): Former News International chief Rebekah Brooks has been charged with perverting the course of justice over the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

London, May 14 (ANI): Former News International boss Les Hinton has responded back at a report by British lawmakers on the phone hacking scandal, accusing them of 'misreading' evidence.