Intelligence officials in Syria's new de facto government say they have thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab.

Newly compiled records are spilling the beans on one of the CIA’s most notorious and shadowy programs: MKUltra, a wild ...

In particular, the U.S. government cannot legally acknowledge covert actions undertaken by the CIA. The failure to answer the growing demands for transparency increases the risk that U.S. drone ...

The London-based British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s senior editor at the Middle East desk is a former employee at a ...

Outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray says the bureau must remain independent, above the partisan fray and "committed to ...

New reporting shows the New Orleans New Years attacker used a rare explosive compound and had a transmitter to set off IEDs ...

More details are coming out from the FBI and ATF about the New Orleans attacker. New information shows the attacker visited the city twice before and used a common explosive material for IEDs he ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose nearly 12 years in office have been marked by deep economic and social crisis, was ...

In that capacity, he led a CIA team in a series of raids resulting in the capture of Abu Zubaydah, who was then considered al-Qaeda’s third-ranking official. He had a front-row seat in the ...

We continue to reflect on Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy with history professor Brad Simpson. Despite presiding over an administration that stood out for its successful championing of human rights ...

The outcome of this lawsuit will have broad ramifications for movements facing state surveillance and repression today.

Another year has just begun, and with it, a new string of TV shows have been dominating the small screen this week. The ...