The Soviet ‘illegals’ program trained and embedded spies who lived surreptitiously in the West – just like TV’s The Americans ...

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The Zurich District Court acquitted a former financial markets supervisor at the Vatican of charges of corruption and bribery ...

With the change, the Trump administration has also backed away from a signature effort to stay ahead of China in the A.I.

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Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes had killed more than 30 Palestinians, including children at a water ...

An Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church has killed two people, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, as Israel ...

Have you ever been suspicious of a fish? Look no further than “Don’t Trust Fish.” This hilarious picture book is a silly ...

Afghanistan remains on a knife-edge. Looming famine, widespread malnutrition, and the forced repatriation of refugees are signs not of a nation in crisis — but one already collapsed, hollowed out to ...

In a dramatic escalation of what experts now call a full-blown “spy war,” the United States and China are rapidly intensifying their covert operations against each other. The recent arrest of a ...

Set in the shadow of World War II during the Berlin Airlift, this sweeping, character-rich work brings the past into sharp ...