CIA

Ex-CIA official stole $40 million in gold bars from agency, prosecutors allege

Rush, a Virginia resident, held a senior management position in the CIA, which came with top secret-level security clearance.

(Illustrative) Gold bars of different sizes are displayed at the Austrian Gold and Silver Refinery (Oegussa) in Vienna, Austria, on February 3, 2026. European and Asian stock markets struggled for direction February 4, 2026.
An illustration of the CIA and Iranian flags.

CIA knows Iran's real power center while Washington pretends otherwise - opinion

From Iran, Hezbollah received command, weapons, training, and deep integration into the Iranian apparatus. From Qatar, it was given something Iran could not provide: the ability to recover and consolidate politically.

IDF would withdraw from Lebanon if Hezbollah disarmed as CIA plans to remove terror weapons - KAN

Ballistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, April 7, 2026.

Why Iran's ballistic missiles pose a greater threat than the nuclear issue - analysis


US spy agencies say country faces 'increasingly fragile world order'

The report largely focused on threats from China and Russia, as well as noting the risks of broader conflict related to Israel's campaign against Hamas in Gaza since the October 7 attacks.

 US Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to American security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, March 11, 2024.

Mossad: Hamas wants to ignite region on Ramadan more than it wants a hostage deal

The Mossad charged that Hamas is seeking to escalate tensions ahead of Ramadan at the expense of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

 YAHYA SINWAR, leader of Hamas in Gaza, attends a rally in Gaza City marking the terror organization's 35th anniversary last December. Sinwar has once again aimed the arrow at Israel's Achilles' heel, argues the writer.

Ex-CIA chief: To defeat Hamas, Israel must get Gaza running again

The former CIA chief stated Israel cannot “stop until Hamas has been destroyed and cannot be reconstituted.”

Then US Army Gen. David Petraeus at an event in the White House, April, 2011

Blinken says hostage deal still possible, Burns meets Netanyahu in Israel

High on the list of topics discussed by the agencies included speculation over whether or not hostages have received their medications.

 William Burns, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, attends his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2021.

Israel close to reaching a new ceasefire deal with Hamas - WSJ

CIA chief and Qatari Prime Minister along with Israeli and Egyptian intelligence officials, are set to convene in Paris on Sunday

 Staff and volunteers of Amnesty International USA, MoveOn, Oxfam America and Win Without War hold a vigil outside the White House calling for a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2023.

US secretly warned Iran before deadly ISIS suicide bombings - report

ISIS-K first emerged in Afghanistan in 2015 after ISIS terrorists declared a caliphate in Iraq and Syria, and has since grown in strength since the US departure from Afrghastigan.

 People visit the grave of senior Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani (pictured in poster) at his hometown of Kerman.

CIA tries to recruit double agents in Russia with new video

CIA hopes to recruit Russians disaffected by Ukraine war

 The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005.

CIA providing intel to Israel on Hamas leaders, Gaza hostages

The US spy agency oversaw a new task force assembled whose purpose is to gather intelligence on the missing hostages' whereabouts and has already uncovered information on Hamas's top leaders.

 The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005.

Russia's Navalny tracked down to 'Polar Wolf' prison in the Arctic

Navalny was tracked down to the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region, about 1,900 km (1200 miles) north east of Moscow, spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from a penal colony in the Vladimir Region during a hearing at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia April 26, 2023.

Israel tells Qatar that they're ready for week-long truce for 40 hostages

Barnea: the war will only end when Hamas lays down its arms and hands over all those responsible and involved in the massacre on October 7.

 The flags of Israel and Qatar