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IBTimes will be reporting live on this page as senior figures embroiled in the News Of The World hacking scandal face questions from MP's at committee meetings today.

Is There Anything to Prevent Rebekah Brooks From Staying Silent This Afternoon?

David Cameron will today admit that British aid money may have been wasted but that increasing the aid budget is still the right thing to do.

Today, Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks all come to the House of Commons to face questions from MP’s over their role or knowledge of the phone hacking scandal that has rocked both British politics and the Metropolitan police. This afternoon, the line of questioning for both Murdoch’s and Rebekah Brooks must be probing but must avoid directly accusing the trio of any wrong doing. There will be many an ego in the rooms this afternoon and the select committee’s must get their line ...

A man from Wales became the first to be prosecuted in Britain for use of an illegal dog collar.

Chinese Police Gun Down at Least Four Rioters in Xinjiang Province

Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Willie Rennie has criticised First Minister Alex Salmond for avoiding a full debate on the consequences of Scottish independence.

Prime Minister David Cameron avoided any direct response to questions of his tenure amid further resignations over the hacking scandal.

iPhone and iPad maker Apple has been forced to offer refunds for recently purchased apps and iBooks following a demand from the Taipei City Government.

Assistant Commissioner John Yates Resigns

The United Kingdom will not be able to maintain their position as a Global power if the Government continue to cut British defences, according to a report by the Henry Jackson Society.

The appearance of key figures involved in the hacking scandal at parliamentary committee meetings on Tuesday could delay MP's summer recess.

The UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, says aid is being provided to camps controlled by the Islamist group al-Shabab.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that his country refused to recognize the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's legitimate government.

South African President Jacob Zuma will visit anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela in the Eastern Cape on Monday to wish him happy birthday, officials have confirmed.

ncreasingly conflicting reports have emerged regarding the health of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak, who, has been in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh since reportedly suffering a heart attack in April.

Is Britain on The Brink of Another Financial Crisis?

U.S. General David Petraeus, the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, handed over command of U.S. and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan on Monday, a day after a gradual process of transferring security to Afghan forces began.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to begin a three-day visit to India aimed at strengthening political and economic relations.

Tensions between the world's two giants are mounting after China's People's Daily newspaper launched an attack on U.S. President Barack Obama as it described his weekend meeting with the Dalai Lama as an "unscrupulous trick of pragmatism," adding that the move has undermined the U.S.'s status as a major world power.

Jan Mohammad Khan, the former governor of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province and a key ally of President Karzai, was killed in a suspected Taliban attack.

Departing police chief has attacked David Cameron for his close realtionship with Rupert Murdoch and his decisiont o hire Andy Coulson.

Millions of South Africans are celebrating the 93rd birthday of the former president Nelson Mandela.Mandela Day, was inaugurated in 2009 on Nelson Mandela's birthday, 18 July, and declared an international day by the United Nations in November 2009. Mandela Day was inspired by a call made by this world icon for the next generation to take on the burden of leadership in addressing the world's social injustices. Mandela turns 93 years of age on 18 July.

Rupert Murdoch Apology Letter

Will National Apology Restore News International’s Damaged Reputation?

More than 30 nations, including the United States, on Friday declared that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime is no longer legitimate and formally recognized Libya's main opposition group as the legitimate government until a new interim authority is created.

A report from the U.S. Pentagon has confirmed that a cyber attack against one of its defence contractors, allowed a group of as yet unidentified hackers to steal 24,000 government files.

Third Death Reported at Stepping Hill Hospital

A Peruvian ex-army officer known as the "Butcher of the Andes" and accused of killing 69 peasants in the 1980s, has been extradited to Peru from the United States to face charges, police said.