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  CIA assessed Rajiv Gandhi assassination 5 years in advance, says report

  India | January 29, 2017 18:29 IST

  The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had prepared a detailed and a thorough “brief” on Rajiv Gandhi assassination five years before it took place in 1991, citing what would happen if he is killed or

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  Trump’s first day in office: Attack on ‘dishonest’ media, bridge-building with CIA and interfaith prayer

  World | January 22, 2017 9:58 IST

  US President Donald Trump spent time his first day in office in visiting CIA headquarters and then berated the dishonest media over its coverage of his inauguration.

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  Saddam Hussein should have been left to run Iraq, says CIA Officer who interrogated him

  World | December 17, 2016 12:29 IST

  A CIA officer who interrogated Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussain, after he was captured by US-led coalition forces in December 2003, has revealed that the former Iraq President had warned that the occupation of Iraq wouldn't be a "cakewalk" .

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  Donald Trump turning away intelligence briefings since election victory: Report

  World | November 24, 2016 12:17 IST

  US President-elect Donald Trump was reportedly given at least two classified intelligence briefings in the two weeks following his surprise election victory, a media report has said. “Trump has a lot of catching up

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  Pak was nearly placed on list of state sponsors of terror, reveals ex-CIA official

  World | September 09, 2016 17:05 IST

  In a latest revelation from an ex-CIA official, it has been surfaced that Pakistan was “nearly placed” on a formal US list of state sponsors of terrorism during 1993 to 1994. “At the

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  CIA chief John Brennan warns of Istanbul-style attack in US

  World | June 30, 2016 12:13 IST

  John Brennan, the chief of US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has warned that the Islamic State (IS) may conduct Istanbul-style airport attack in America as well.

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  Former CIA chief who presided over 2011 Osama raid ‘poisoned’ by ISI?

  World | May 06, 2016 13:12 IST

  Washington:A former CIA station chief in Pakistan, who presided over the May 2011 raid that killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, is believed to have been poisoned by the ISI, a media report said

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  ISI financed 2009 terror attack on CIA camp in Afghanistan: US National Security Archive

  World | April 14, 2016 12:34 IST

  Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had financed the deadly 2009 terror attack at a camp of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) camp in Afghanistan that left 7 officials dead, a cable declassified by the National Security Archive has re

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  10 sensational disclosures of Headley that expose Pak's real face

  India | February 11, 2016 14:37 IST

  Mumbai: The deposition of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley continued for fourth day at a Mumbai court  via video link. He is being examined as an approver in the 26/11 terror attacks.Headley has made some

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  CIA leads help India to arrest over 20 ISIS operatives

  India | January 23, 2016 11:16 IST

  New Delhi: Acting on tip-offs provided by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) about computers and phones being used by terror group ISIS, the Indian agencies have arrested over a dozen suspected operatives of the militant outfit.According

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  WikiLeaks publishes CIA director John Brennan's hacked emails

  World | October 22, 2015 11:23 IST

  Washington: The WikiLeaks organization posted material Wednesday from what appears to be CIA Director John Brennan's personal email account, including a draft security clearance application containing personal information.The material presumably was taken in a compromise

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  Osama bin Laden doll created by CIA up for sale at auction

  World | June 20, 2015 8:09 IST

  Los Angeles: A demon-faced Osama bin Laden doll that was created as part of a CIA programme to dissuade children from idolizing the al-Qaida chief has been put on SALE.Only three copies of the 12-inch

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  German spy agency helped US track down Osama bin Laden: Report

  World | May 18, 2015 7:18 IST

  Berlin: Germany's foreign intelligence agency helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, before the al Qaeda leader was killed by US special forces in May 2011, according to a media report on

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  US drone strikes leaves al-Qaeda in tatters in Pakistan

  World | April 25, 2015 7:49 IST

  New York: US drone strikes over the years targetting al-Qaeda's top leadership in Pakistan's tribal belt has left the terror group "in tatters", forcing the militant leaders to seek shelter in the remote mountains of

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  CIA chief predicts long battle with ISIS

  World | March 14, 2015 6:42 IST

  New York City: The head of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) expects the battle against the group known as Islamic State to be a "long-term struggle."Speaking at the Council of Foreign Relations in

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  Ex-CIA officer convicted of leaking secrets to reporter

  World | January 27, 2015 7:44 IST

  Alexandria, Virginia:  A former CIA officer was convicted Monday of leaking details of a covert mission to derail Iran's nuclear program in a case that, until the eve of the trial, was as much about

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  India-US ties: Sharing intelligence information amid mistrust and concern

  India | January 25, 2015 13:15 IST

  New Delhi: US President Obama's visit to India as the chief guest of Republic Day parade is the proof of deepening ties between the two countries. Indian PM Narendra Modi even broke the protocol to

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  CIA interrogators are heroes not torturers: Cheney

  World | December 15, 2014 8:02 IST

  Washington: Former US vice president Dick Cheney Sunday defended America's now-banned program that tortured Al-Qaeda suspects, praising the CIA operatives who ran it as heroes."I'm perfectly comfortable that they should be praised, they should be

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  CIA chief challenges Senate torture report

  World | December 12, 2014 11:32 IST

  Washington: CIA Director John Brennan is acknowledging that agency officers did “abhorrent” things to captive terror suspects, and he says he can't prove the harsh treatment made the prisoners cooperate. But he defends the overall

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  Detainee Zubaydah a key figure in Senate report on CIA

  World | December 10, 2014 8:21 IST

  Washington: Abu Zubaydah was the CIA's guinea pig. He was the first high-profile al Qaida terror suspect captured after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and the first to vanish into the spy agency's secret prisons,