British intelligence

The murder of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 in the UK was “probably” approved by President Vladimir Putin, a public inquiry finds.

The chairman of the inquiry, Sir Robert Owen, said President Vladimir Putin “probably” signed off the poisoning of Mr. Litvinenko adding that Litvinenko’s cooperation with the British intelligence services may have been a factor.

British security agents try to identify the masked militant who spoke in clear English accent in a new ISIS execution video released recently in which he is seen shooting an alleged British spy.

According to Russian officials, the cause of the crash of the Kogalymavia airplane in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on October 31 was a terrorist attack.

The Airbus A321 was conducting flight 9268 between the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and Saint Petersburg when it crashed in North Sinai shortly after take-off.

A suspected associate of British ISIL leader 'Jihadi John' is being held by authorities in Turkey, Reuters quotes senior Turkish officials as sayingA suspected associate of British Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader "Jihadi John" is being held by authorities in Turkey, Reuters quoted two senior Turkish officials as saying on Nov.

Doubts over the possible causes behind the crash of the Kogalymavia airplane in Egypt's Sinai peninsula last week remain as different suggestions have been expressed by the Russian airline, investigators, authorities and intelligence sources.

According to French aviation officials familiar with the investigation, the crash was not due to technical failures, the BBC reports.

The Foreign Ministry advised on Friday Bulgarians to refrain from travelling to the Egyptian resorts located on the Sinai peninsula (Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab, Nuweiba and others) until the investigation of the crashed Russian airplane has come out with a definitive conclusion on the likely causes of the incident.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to suspend all commercial flights to Egypt until an investigation determines the causes of the deadly Russian A321 plane crash, TASS reported on Friday.

Last May, agents of US intelligence were on the streets of Athens trying to find Arab origin people who were related to Islamic State and could have been a threat to the security of their country.

WikiLeaks published a list of German phone numbers July 1 that it claimed showed the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on senior German officials beyond Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Britain has been forced to remove some of its spies after Russia and China accessed the top-secret raft of documents taken by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, British media reported.