Ex-UK PM aide Coulson jailed for 18 months for phone hacking

Andy Coulson, a former aide of British Prime Minister David Cameron, was on Friday sentenced to 18 months in jail for his involvement in the highly controversial phone-hacking scandal that rocked......

UK phone hacking: Brooks cleared of all charges; Coulson guilty

Ex-News International CEO Rebekah Brooks was on Tuesday cleared of all charges but her former colleague Andy Coulson was found guilty of phone hacking, bringing a dramatic end to the eight-month......

London terror accused wants to 'alleviate the pain'

Two Muslim men appeared in court on Monday on charges of brutally hacking to death a British soldier on a London street in May. Michael Adebolajo, 28, made his first court appearance at Westminster......

Hurricane Rita slams US at 120 mph

Hurricane Rita ploughed into the Gulf Coast early Saturday, lashing Texas and Louisiana with driving rain, igniting the pre-dawn sky with exploding transformers and threatening to flood the......

Coming up at Toronto: Priyanka! Pacino! Denzel! Reese!

There is Robert Downey Jr. And Reese Witherspoon. And Steve Carell. And Bill Murray. And Al Pacino. And, of course, Priyanka Chopra. Arthur J Pais, who has covered the Toronto International Film......

Terrific films at the Toronto Film Festival

Gems from Toronto: Gender conflict in India, revisiting American slavery, and the fount of the Arab spring. A freed slave, who is also a gifted violinist living in a New York city with his wife and......

'Ranbir is more talented than Raj Kapoor'

Few minutes into Hansal Mehta's stirring Shahid -- an emotional film that challenges even the most cynical and hard hearted audiences -- and you wonder about the director and how he came......

'Sridevi has not lost her radiant luster'

Though Sridevi got a huge welcome from her fans at the world premiere of her comeback vehicle English Vinglish, the mainstream press at the Toronto International Film Festival gave the film a......

Warm-ups: Pooran, Powell power WI to big win over Aus

IMAGE: Aussies fielded only nine players against the Windies. Photograph: Windies Cricket/X.com Fifties by Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell helped West Indies outpunch a nine-man Australia......

T20 WC: Short of players, selector, head coach take field for Aus in warm-up

IMAGE: Australia's chief selector George Bailey took to the field as a substitute fielder during their T20 World Cup warm-up match against Namibia! Photograph: Tama Stockley/cricket.com.au......

Australia facing player shortage for T20 WC warm-up games

IMAGE: SRH captain Pat Cummins and KKR pacer Mitchell Starc, who both played in the IPL 2024 final on Sunday, are set to skip the T20 World Cup warm-up games. Photograph: BCCI Australia is facing......

Australia name Fraser-McGurk among T20 WC reserves

IMAGE: Jake Fraser-McGurk has put on a power-hitting masterclass for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024. Photograph: BCCI Australia have locked in their final squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024,......

T20 World Cup: Australia set to include IPL star McGurk as reserve

IMAGE: Jake Fraser-McGurk set the IPL alight with his smashing performance with the bat for Delhi Capitals, hitting 330 runs in nine matches at a strike rate of 234. Photograph: BCCI The......