CIA expands online recruitment of informants to China, Iran, North Korea

CIA expands online recruitment of informants to China, Iran, North Korea

The US CIA on Wednesday launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea, adding to what it says has been a successful effort to enlist Russians. The premier US spy agency posted instructions in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on its accounts on X, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, LinkedIn and the Dark…

No breakthroughs in Cairo talks as US says mediators pushing ‘feverishly’ for deal

No breakthroughs in Cairo talks as US says mediators pushing ‘feverishly’ for deal

Hamas official says terror group relayed its response to American ‘bridging proposal,’ denies hostage-ceasefire agreement could be imminent; lower-level negotiators to reconvene. There was no agreement on Sunday in the hostage-ceasefire talks that took place in Cairo, with neither Hamas nor Israel agreeing to several compromises presented by mediators, two Egyptian security sources told Reuters,…

Blinken calls on Hamas to accept US proposal on ending Gaza war

Blinken calls on Hamas to accept US proposal on ending Gaza war

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Hamas to accept a U.S. bridging proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal after what he said was a “very constructive” meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He had earlier said the latest push for a deal was probably the best and possibly last…