President Xi’s warning EDITORIAL: Chinese President Xi has warned the incoming Trump administration that there will be no winners in a ... Updated 14 Dec, 2024 08:25am
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Editorials Israeli terrorism EDITORIAL: Now that even former CIA director Leon Panetta has labeled Israel’s “pager operation” as “terrorism”,... Published 29 Sep, 2024 02:46am
World Israel planted explosives in 5,000 Hezbollah’s pagers, say sources The plot, which killed nine people and wounded nearly 3,000 others, appears to have been many months in the making Updated 18 Sep, 2024 11:43am
World CIA chief Burns to visit Paris to revive talks on Gaza WASHINGTON: US intelligence chief Bill Burns is expected to hold talks in Paris with representatives of Israel in a... Published 24 May, 2024 05:30pm
World CIA chief headed to Qatar to for 'emergency' meeting on Gaza talks: source DOHA: CIA director Bill Burns is expected in Doha to meet with Qatar's prime minister for "emergency" discussions on... Published 05 May, 2024 10:22pm
World CIA chief expected in Cairo for Gaza hostage talks WASHINGTON: CIA Director Bill Burns is expected in Cairo for talks on freeing hostages held in Gaza, which the White... Published 05 Apr, 2024 10:34pm
World Israel says Mossad, CIA chiefs met Friday to ‘advance’ hostage release deal JERUSALEM: Israel said on Saturday its spy chief had met with his US counterpart as part of efforts to secure the... Published 09 Mar, 2024 10:42pm
World Israel spy chief travels to Cairo for Gaza talks JERUSALEM: Israel’s spy chief was headed to Cairo Tuesday for talks with his Egyptian and US counterparts on a Gaza... Updated 13 Feb, 2024 08:00pm
World US CIA chief to help broker Gaza hostage deal WASHINGTON: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns plans to meet with Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari... Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am
World CIA chief to meet Israeli, Qatari officials for hostage deal talks CIA chief Bill Burns will meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the head of Israel’s... Published 18 Dec, 2023 07:43pm
World Israeli, US spy chiefs meet Qatari PM to discuss ‘building on’ Gaza truce DUBAI: The heads of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s Mossad met Qatar’s prime minister in Doha... Published 28 Nov, 2023 06:32pm
World Mossad, CIA chiefs meet with Qatar PM in Doha over hostage deal DOHA: A trilateral meeting was held in Doha on Thursday between CIA and Mossad chiefs and the Qatari prime minister... Published 09 Nov, 2023 06:29pm
World Ukraine war 'corrosive' for Putin, CIA 'opportunity': spy chief WASHINGTON: Russia’s war in Ukraine has had a “corrosive” effect on Russian President Vladimir Putin, CIA Director... Published 02 Jul, 2023 12:15pm
World CIA's Burns: armed mutiny shows damage Putin has done to Russia US CIA Director William Burns said on Saturday that the armed mutiny by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was a... Published 01 Jul, 2023 11:03pm
World CIA chief made secret trip to Ukraine: US official WASHINGTON: CIA Director William Burns recently traveled to Ukraine where he met with intelligence counterparts and... Published 01 Jul, 2023 11:00am
World Trump took secret docs on nuclear and weapons programs: indictment WASHINGTON: Donald Trump took secret documents dealing with US nuclear and weapons programs from the White House... Published 10 Jun, 2023 12:12am
World ‘CIA chief made secret trip to Beijing last month’ WASHINGTON: CIA Director William Burns made a secret trip to China last month hoping to shore up lines of... Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am
Pakistan CIA police unearth car theft racket; three arrested LAHORE: The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police Shahdarah arrested a three-member car-snatching gang in Lahore ... Published 22 Apr, 2023 03:38am
World US Justice Dept opens probe into secret US documents leak WASHINGTON: The US Department of Justice on Saturday said it has begun an investigation into a trove of leaked US... Published 09 Apr, 2023 10:43am
Opinion The MbS reset The Arab press hasn’t buzzed like this since al Qaeda (AQ) hijacked the so-called Arab Spring in Libya and Syria,... Published 16 Mar, 2023 06:01am
World US transfers Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee to Belize WASHINGTON: Majid Khan, a Pakistani man who has disclosed how he was tortured by the Central Intelligence Agency... Published 02 Feb, 2023 11:33pm
World Pentagon awards $9bn in cloud computing deals to four firms WASHINGTON: The Pentagon announced Wednesday it has awarded $9 billion in cloud computing contracts to Amazon,... Published 08 Dec, 2022 11:23am
World Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he met CIA head Burns in Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday said he had held a Tuesday meeting with US Central Intelligence... Published 17 Nov, 2022 12:24am
World CIA chief warns Russia against using nuclear weapons LONDON/ WASHINGTON: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns is in Turkey to speak to Russia’s ... Published 15 Nov, 2022 07:30am
World CIA chief meeting Russia counterpart to warn against nuclear use: White House WASHINGTON: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns was holding talks with his Russian counterpart... Published 14 Nov, 2022 09:33pm
World CIA sued over alleged spying on lawyers, journalists who met Assange WASHINGTON: A group of journalists and lawyers sued the CIA and its former director Mike Pompeo over allegations the... Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am
World Zawahiri death: did US use secret 'flying ginsu' missile? WASHINGTON: Notorious Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by two missiles fired at his Kabul home -- but... Published 02 Aug, 2022 06:40pm
World Putin says no one can win a nuclear war LONDON: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday there could be no winners in a nuclear war and no such war... Published 01 Aug, 2022 11:10pm
World Pelosi faces pushback on potential trip to Taiwan WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced pushback Thursday on potential plans to visit Taiwan, with President ... Published 22 Jul, 2022 06:07am
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept