CIA

Pakistan tightens security in Islamabad ahead of US-Iran negotiations

According to security sources, a US Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying an advance security and tactical team landed at Nur Khan Air Base on Thursday afternoon. 

Army soldiers sit in a truck, as Pakistan prepares to host the US and Iran for peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 10, 2026.
Members of the US Air Force Pararescue, April 5, 2026; illustrative.

Behind the US Air Force unit that spearheaded the mission to rescue downed airman

US MC-130J planes, blown up by US forces before evacuating Iranian territory following the successful rescue operation of a US downed airman. April, 5, 2026.

How US fooled Iran to rescue downed F-15 airman stranded in a mountain crevice

A general view of Riyadh city during the early hour of evening at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 28, 2025.

Iranian drone attack on US embassy in Riyadh more destructive than initially revealed - report


China investigates citizen accused of spying for the CIA

The 39-year-old Chinese national, surnamed Hao, was a cadre at a ministry and had gone to Japan for studies, which was where the spying recruitment occurred, China's security ministry said.

 AT CIA headquarters in Langley.

CIA agent who tracked JFK's assassin recruits nephew - to be an observant Jew

Reuben Efron was expansive about his Orthodox faith, Barry Effron recalled, urging Barry to intensify his Jewish observance.

 AT CIA headquarters in Langley.

JFK assassin's CIA monitor was religious Jewish spy Reuben Efron

A deep dive into Efron’s Jewish identity does not answer those questions. But it does reveal that Efron not only worked as a spy but had a deep knowledge of the spies in Jewish tradition. 

 Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin who killed John F. Kennedy.

Voices from the Arab press: Fools are destroying our world

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 IN STOCKHOLM, Ahmad Alloush speaks to journalists on July 15 after being granted permission by Swedish police to burn a Torah and a Bible outside the Israeli embassy, in retaliation for a previous Quran burning there. Ahmad chose to instead denounce those who would burn sacred texts.

Biden names CIA Director William Burns to his cabinet

"Under [Burns'] leadership, the CIA is delivering a clear-eyed, long-term approach to our nation’s top national security challenges," Biden said in a statement.

 CIA Director William Burns testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing on "worldwide threats to U.S. security", on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 9, 2023.

Russian spy chief says he spoke to CIA boss about 'what to do with Ukraine'

Spy bosses spoke soon after Wagner mutiny in June

 Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s foreign intelligence agency, attends a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2021.

Russian agents attempted assassination of CIA informant in US

This attempted assassination on American soil adds to the growing list of accusations against Russia regarding assassinations abroad. 

 Russian and US state flags fly near a factory in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019

‘Fauda’ creators debut ‘Ghosts of Beirut,’ series about Mossad’s killing of master terrorist

The show dramatizes the rise and impact of Imad Mughniyeh but also includes “documentary elements.”

Hezbollah operatives pay their respects during the funeral of assassinated commander Imad Mughniyeh in Beirut's suburbs

Ex-CIA official shares Judaism, Chabad through poetry

Randy Crosby: “In this exhibit, people see the soul of creation instead of just the form of the events as described in Scripture.” 

 A portrait of David Goldberg and his late wife, Gail, hangs in the mixed-media exhibition at Milwaukee’s Ovation Senior Living Communities residence.

Ex-IDF intel. chief contradicts CIA chief on potential Iranian nuclear threat

Hayman said that Burns’ statement showed a common Western misunderstanding of the Iranian mentality which does not always move in a linear fashion to achieve its goals.

 THEN-IDF intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Tamir Hayman speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv, 2019. He has said he prefers a return to the JCPOA that ‘would push Iran back, far-off from 90% enrichment