Latest Central Intelligence Agency News & Updates

Mexico City, May 23 (IANS) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has defended the principle of self-determination and voiced disagreement with the US decision to bring criminal charges against former Cuban leader Raul Castro.”What is the point of accusing someone now for something that happened 30 years ago?” Sheinbaum said at her daily press conference on Friday (local time).The US Department of Justice has recently filed an indictment against Castro, accusing him of playing an alleged role in th…

Washington, April 7 (IANS) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has played a critical role in locating a stranded US airman deep inside Iran, deploying covert capabilities and deception tactics in what officials described as a race against time.CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the mission relied on both human intelligence and advanced surveillance tools.“We deployed both human assets and exquisite technologies that no other intelligence service in the world possesses,” he said.He described …

Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that the United States knocked out last week a “dock area” in Venezuela, which was used by alleged drug traffickers to load boats up with drugs.If his words were accurate, it would be the first known land strike by the Trump administration against the oil-rich South American nation, reports Xinhua news agency.”There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs,” Trump told reporters in Florida. “So we hit …