Matthew Hedges

British academic Matthew Hedges said he had "no other option but to confess" during nearly seven months of detention in the United Arab Emirates on espionage charges.

A British man convicted in the United Arab Emirates for spying said today he was psychologically tortured and that his captors asked him to turn double agent against the British government.

A flight carrying British academic Matthew Hedges landed at London Heathrow airport today, a day after he was pardoned in the United Arab Emirates from a life sentence for spying, a news agency Reuters photographer said.

The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying charges, granting his family's request for clemency minutes after showing a video of him purportedly confessing to being a member of Britain's intelligence agency MI6.

The United Arab Emirates signalled on Friday that a British academic jailed for life on spying charges could be freed after his family appealed for clemency.

The wife of a British academic jailed by a UAE court on spying charges called on the Emirati authorities on Thursday to review her husband's life sentence and set him free.

The wife of a British scholar Matthew Hedges who was sentenced to life for spying in the United Arab Emirates accused the Foreign Office on Thursday of ignoring her pleas for help.

A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on Wednesday after convicting him of spying, a family spokesperson said.

A British academic charged with espionage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been released on bail, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Durham University, was arrested on May 5 at Dubai airport after a two-week research visit. He was formally charged this month with spyin...

A United Arab Emirates court has postponed hearing the case of a British academic charged with espionage until November21 to re-examine the evidence, his wife said on Thursday.

The United Arab Emirates has charged a British PhD student with spying in the Gulf country, as his wife Tuesday called on Britain to defend his innocence.

Pippa Middleton, the younger sister of Prince William's wife Kate, announced Tuesday that she had got engaged to her boyfriend James Matthews, a hedge fund manager.

British academic Matthew Hedges said he had "no other option but to confess" during nearly seven months of detention in the United Arab Emirates on espionage charges.

A British man convicted in the United Arab Emirates for spying said today he was psychologically tortured and that his captors asked him to turn double agent against the British government.

A flight carrying British academic Matthew Hedges landed at London Heathrow airport today, a day after he was pardoned in the United Arab Emirates from a life sentence for spying, a news agency Reuters photographer said.

The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying charges, granting his family's request for clemency minutes after showing a video of him purportedly confessing to being a member of Britain's intelligence agency MI6.

The United Arab Emirates signalled on Friday that a British academic jailed for life on spying charges could be freed after his family appealed for clemency.

The wife of a British academic jailed by a UAE court on spying charges called on the Emirati authorities on Thursday to review her husband's life sentence and set him free.

The wife of a British scholar Matthew Hedges who was sentenced to life for spying in the United Arab Emirates accused the Foreign Office on Thursday of ignoring her pleas for help.

A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on Wednesday after convicting him of spying, a family spokesperson said.

A British academic charged with espionage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been released on bail, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Durham University, was arrested on May 5 at Dubai airport after a two-week research visit. He was formally charged this month with spyin...

A United Arab Emirates court has postponed hearing the case of a British academic charged with espionage until November21 to re-examine the evidence, his wife said on Thursday.

The United Arab Emirates has charged a British PhD student with spying in the Gulf country, as his wife Tuesday called on Britain to defend his innocence.

Pippa Middleton, the younger sister of Prince William's wife Kate, announced Tuesday that she had got engaged to her boyfriend James Matthews, a hedge fund manager.