CIA
How a group of commandos pulled off risky night mission to extract US airman from deep inside Iran
An air force officer of an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down by Iran spent a day in hostile territory with little more than a pistol for protection.
- Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, Greg Jaffe and Julian E. Barnes
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- Cuba
‘The Crab’: The Castro who could end communism in Cuba
The grand-nephew of Fidel Castro is shaping up to be the man who could end his family’s decades-long stalemate with the US – and perhaps the Castro dynasty altogether.
- Benedict Smith
Israel thought it could spur rebellion inside Iran. That hasn’t happened
Donald Trump’s hopes that an Israeli plan to ignite an internal uprising against Iran’s theocratic government could bring the war to a swift end have so far been dashed.
- Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Edward Wong and Ronen Bergman
US ground invasion of Iran may not be enough to oust Iran’s regime: report
The findings of a classified report by the National Intelligence Council have raised doubts about Donald Trump’s stated objective of electing the next supreme leader of Iran.
- John Hudson and Warren P. Strobel
Israel hacked Tehran traffic cameras to spy on Khamenei
Israeli spies spent years watching Iran’s late supreme leader and his entourage on the streets of their own capital city.
- Allegra Mendelson
How the CIA pinpointed – and doomed – a gathering of Iranian leaders
Shortly before the US and Israel were poised to launch an attack on Iran, the US spy agency zeroed in on the location of perhaps the most important target: the country’s supreme leader.
- Julian E. Barnes, Ronen Bergman, Eric Schmitt and Tyler Pager
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- Venezuela crisis
US plans to ‘run’ Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro spent the night in a New York prison cell after he was captured by US special forces in a brazen military raid.
- Michael Koziol
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- Venezuela crisis
Trump claims US carried out strikes on Venezuela and captured president
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife has been flown out of the country, Donald Trump claimed on his social media platform.
‘Laughable’: Moscow’s claim of drone attack on Putin residence slapped down
US national security officials have found that Ukraine did not target Putin or his Novgorod home, a conclusion backed up by a CIA assessment.
- Gram Slattery and Jonathan Landay
How the CIA lost a nuclear device at the top of the world
On a mission to spy on China, a team of hand-picked climbers managed to mislay a plutonium-laden device in the remote Himalayas. It has never been found.
- Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar