CIA acknowledges its mysterious Area 51 test site for first time
National security scholars at George Washington University have some good news and bad news for UFO buffs - the U.S. government has finally confirmed the existence of Area 51 in Nevada, but it makes
Edward Snowden granted 1 year temporary asylum in Russia, leaves airport
Moscow: Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has left the Moscow airport where he has been holed up for over a month, after being granted temporary asylum for one year in Russia, his Russia
US warns countries against Snowden
Washington: The United States has warned countries against giving shelter to fugitive Edward Snowden, or letting him travel internationally, as the former CIA contractor landed in Moscow and said to
5 NATO troops killed in Southern Afghanistan
Five members of the US-led international military coalition were killed on Saturday by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the latest deadly attack against foreign troops since the Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive this week.
Petraeus probe: One email opens Pandora’s box
It started in May with a spiteful email to the top US commander in Afghanistan. An anonymous writer warned Gen. John Allen that a friend with whom he was meeting in Washin-gton the following week was
Petraeus probe snares US Afghanistan war chief
The probe into ex-CIA director David Petraeus's extramarital affair has snared the top US general in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, as the widening scandal rippled through Washington.
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Emails from paramour led to FBI probe
The scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus started with harassing emails sent by his biographer and paramour, Paula Broadwell, to another woman, and eventually led the FBI to discover t
Gen. David Petraeus: Soldier, scholar, statesman
At the close of his time commanding U.S. forces in Iraq, at the height of a legendary military career, Gen. David Petraeus was lauded by his boss, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates, as "one of our n
CIA chief Petraeus quits over extramarital affair
The abrupt departure of celebrated general, David Petraeus, at the helm of America's top spy agency, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after admitting an affair sent shock waves across the political c
‘CIA agents’ a thorn in Pak-US ties
The presence of ‘unregistered’ officials of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Pakistan is set to create a new rift between Islamabad and Washington, diplomatic sources said.
“Pakistan has be