CIA

Austria

CIA: Taylor Swift plotters aimed to kill 'tens of thousands' in Vienna

The singer cancelled Austrian dates on her record-breaking Eras tour out of concern for the safety of her fans.

29/08/2024

Culture news

Exploding martini, anyone? Inside the CIA's top secret spy museum

The CIA museum in Virginia has its doors firmly closed to the public - making it one of the most top secret collections in the world. What is in their private museum?

26/09/2022

USA

US lawyers sue CIA for allegedly spying on Julian Assange

The US intelligence agency is accused of recording lawyers' conversations with Assange and copying the data on their mobile devices.

16/08/2022

Russia

Vladimir Putin 'entirely too healthy' says CIA chief

Speaking at a security forum in Aspen, Colorado, William Burns dismissed rumours that Putin was seriously ill with cancer.

21/07/2022

Lithuania

Lithuania opens doors of alleged former CIA secret prison

The complex is now being prepared to be put up for auction.

10/01/2022

Lithuania

Detention centre in Lithuania opened after inmate won compensation

Lithuania has opened up a former riding club on the outskirts of its capital Vilnius to the media which was once used by the CIA as a detention facility.

08/01/2022

Afghanistan

Taliban denies freeing suicide bomber before deadly Kabul attack

The explosion killed almost 200 people and 13 American troops at Kabul's airport in August last year.

04/01/2022

USA

Russia likely behind huge hack on US government, say security services

Officials say the hackers appeared to want to gather intelligence rather than cause disruption.

06/01/2021

World News

US and German intelligence 'used Swiss firm to spy on governments'

The Swiss encryption firm Crypto was secretly used for spying by CIA and West Germany for decades, a new German and American media investigation says.

13/02/2020

World

Moscow asks Interpol for location of former Kremlin official

Russia has asked the United States via Interpol to confirm the whereabouts of a former Kremlin official who Russian media have said may have been a U.S. spy extracted by the CIA. A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Moscow learned via the media that Smolenkov and his family were in the U.S.

13/09/2019

Iran

Iran says it uncovered CIA spy ring amid heightened tensions with US

The Iranian Intelligence Ministry said at a press conference on Monday that it had identified and arrested 17 spies acting on behalf of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

22/07/2019

USA

Euroviews. Why Watergate prosecutors could prove obstruction. And why Mueller couldn't ǀ View

In contrast with Nixon’s White House, Trump’s White House is unlikely to produce a smoking gun tape. But do we need one?

03/04/2019

USA

CIA claims direct link between Saudi Crown prince and Khashoggi killing

Agency says it is inconceivable Mohammed bin Salman was kept in the dark about Istanbul operation.

17/11/2018

World News

Europe briefing: 5 stories to know about today

Everything you need to know around Europe on Thursday, August 16.

16/08/2018

USA

Trump opts to revoke former CIA director Brennan's security clearance

Brennan, a senior NBC and MSNBC analyst, is a frequent critic of Trump's.

15/08/2018

Lithuania

European court condemns Lithuania and Romania over secret CIA prisons

Both countries hosted secret CIA prisons a decade ago with the authorities fully aware detainees were held there illegally

31/05/2018

USA

Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA's first female director

The US Senate has voted in favour of appointing the CIA's first female director. The confirmation of Gina Haspel, a veteran of the spy agency, follows a partisan fight among lawmakers over her role in the its post-9/11 interrogation programme.

18/05/2018

United Kingdom

Britain apologises for appalling treatment of Libyan dissident & his wife

UK intelligence services helped the CIA abduct Abdul Hakim Belhadj and his then-pregnant wife in 2004 from Thailand to return them to Tripoli, where Abdul was tortured. Now Britain has admitted its mistake and paid compensation.

10/05/2018

Republic of North Macedonia

FYR Macedonia apologises to German man over CIA rendition

Khaled El-Masri, a German of Lebanese origin, was wrongly kidnapped and handed to the CIA in 2004 as part of its rendition and torture programme.

04/04/2018

Russia

CIA 'helped foil terrorist attack in Russia'

A statement on the Kremlin's website says President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday to thank him for information provided by the CIA.

17/12/2017