Turkey issues arrest warrant for ex-CIA official over coup attempt

Turkish authorities issued an arrest warrant Friday for an ex-official with the Central Intelligence Agency over his alleged role in a failed coup attempt last year.

Syria : US says coalition partners must only fight IS

The US has warned its coalition partners in Syria to focus exclusively on the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS) and not regime forces.

US decision to shut down training program of “Syrian opposition” enhances Russian-US cooperation

The Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Upper House of Parliament Konstantin Kosachev said the U.S. decision to shut down the US Central Intelligence Agency’s program to equip and train “moderate opposition” in Syria opens new opportunities for Russian-US cooperation in the war on terrorism in the country, SANA reported.

Kremlin: U.S. report on Russian hacking 'unfounded,' 'amateurishly emotional'

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, has dismissed U.S. intelligence reports alleging the Kremlin interfered with the U.S. election as "absolutely unfounded" and "amateurishly emotional."

Russian cyber attacks 'major threat' to US

Russian cyber attacks pose a "major threat" to the United States, top US intelligence officials have told a congressional hearing.

US Coalition Spared Daesh Oil Production Facilities in Syria: Russia

The US-led international coalition did not bomb oil production facilities captured by Daesh (ISIL) militants in Syria, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov stated.

Obama: 'We will respond' to N. Korea hack

US President Barack Obama warned Friday that Washington "will respond" to North Korea's cyber attack on Sony Pictures over "The Interview," a satirical film about a CIA plot to kill Kim Jong-Un.

US Senate report finds CIA interrogations 'far more brutal' than agency admitted

"Enhanced interrogation" techniques used by the CIA on militants detained in secret prisons were ineffective and never produced information which led to the disruption of imminent terrorist plots, the declassified report by the Senate Intelligence Committee has found.
The report said the CIA misled the public and government policymakers about the effectiveness of the programme, which ran from 2002 to 2006 and involved questioning Al-Qaeda and other captives around the world.