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Renowned American economist Jeffrey Sachs discusses the escalating geopolitical tensions following the United States’ recent actions in Venezuela. Speaking to India Today Global, Sachs characterises the kidnapping of the Venezuelan president as a “flagrant violation of international law” and argues that the US is currently governed by a “military security apparatus” rather than a constitutional…
Washington: Security guards opened fire on a woman who drove toward the gates of the CIA’s headquarters near Washington, DC on Thursday, ignoring orders to stop, and she was then taken into custody, according to a person familiar with the matter. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a check of public records showed…
Washington: The US Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe with overwhelming bipartisan support as director of the CIA, filling a key post in President Donald Trump’s national security team. The upper house of the US legislature voted 74-25 to approve Ratcliffe, who served as the director of national intelligence from 2020-2021 during Trump’s first term…
Washington: A CIA employee who was accused of leaking classified documents about Israel’s plans to strike Iran pleaded guilty on Friday to criminal charges that he willfully retained and transmitted national defense information, the U.S. Department of Justice said. In pleading guilty, Asif William Rahman, who worked at the U.S. intelligence agency since 2016, acknowledged…
Last Updated: October 20, 2024, 2:08 pm IST David Headley is currently serving a 35-year sentence in the US. (File) Indian intelligence agencies say Headley may have been an FBI informant before his involvement with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The FBI has faced criticism for not acting sooner to prevent Headley’s involvement in the 26/11 attacks…
Stuxnet did not confine itself to Iran. It spread to other countries, including India. New Delhi: It’s June, 2009. The streets of Tehran have erupted in protests over the results of a presidential election. The incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has emerged victorious with an overwhelming majority against Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Protesters alleged a fraudulent victory. Among them…
Between 1831 and 1996, some 150,000 Indigenous children were taken from their homes. Montreal: A group of Indigenous women are hoping to stop the bulldozers at a former Montreal hospital which they believe could hold the truth about children still missing from a grisly half-century-old CIA experiment. They have spent the last two years trying…