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David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell.
CIA

US Afghanistan general linked to Petraeus sex scandal

A US commander in Afghanistan apparently sent "inappropriate" emails to a woman linked to the sex scandal involving ex-CIA director David Petraeus.

  • Dan De Luce
2 min read
David Petraeus’s affair with his biographer was deemed a security matter.
CIA

Mystery second woman tied to CIA chief’s downfall

The plot surrounding the shock resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus thickened on Sunday.

  • Dan De Luce
4 min read
Yemeni al-Qaeda leader Fahd al-Quso standing behind the bars at a court in Sanaa during the trial for six militants charged over the USS Cole bombing in Yemen’s Aden port.
AL QAEDA

Bomber in thwarted al-Qaeda attack was US spy

The man ordered by al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch to blow up an airplane was apparently a US agent who infiltrated the group and volunteered for the attacks.

  • Dan De Luce
3 min read
AL QAEDA

Death of Bin Laden was the end of al-Qaeda – officials

Nearly a year after a US raid killed Osama bin Laden, his core al-Qaeda network in Pakistan is "essentially gone" say US intelligence officials.

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4 min read
DAN DE LUCE

Israel ‘ready to act with great force’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel is ready to act with "great force" in response to a spate of rocket fire by Gaza militants.

  • Dan De Luce
2 min read
Gates: China’s military advances challenge US power
CHINA

US, China play down military rivalry

The defence chiefs of the United States and China on Monday sought to play down a growing military rivalry between the two countries.

  • Dan De Luce
4 min read