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Do you ever wonder if you could be a spy? Find out what it takes from spies throughout history, including Morten Storm, Dimitri Bystrolyotov, Mata Hari, Sir Francis Walsingham, and James Lafayette.

Sam Kittner for the International Spy Museum

Secrets and surveillance: a look at Washington’s spy museum

Israel's intelligence-led operation against Iran has thrust the world's second oldest profession back into the spotlight. An interactive building in the American capital offers intriguing insight.

Osama Esber 21 June 2025

This day in history: Israeli spy Eli Cohen executed in Damascus

On 18 May 1965, Eliyahu Cohen, an Egyptian Jew born in Alexandria, was hanged for espionage in Damascus after posing as a Muslim Arab merchant from Argentina

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Netflix docuseries ‘Spy Ops’ explores top global espionage operations

A look inside the eight-episode docuseries 'Spy Ops' on Netflix explores some of the most high-profile covert intelligence operations that rocked the world.

Ibrahim Haj Abdi 03 November 2023

A photo taken on April 2, 2015 shows representatives of the P5+1 and Iran posing before the announcement of an agreement on nuclear talks with Iran at the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne. AFP/ FABRICE COFFRINI

Iran Poses Great Threat to Sweden

In March 2022, the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) released its 80-page Yearbook 2021 which describes the current threat to Sweden. The detailed report available in Swedish has been reviewed by…

Suzan Quitaz 03 September 2022

The Long History of Suspicious Deaths of Egyptian Nuclear Scientists

On August 5, 1952, a car came to pick up Sameera Moussa in Berkely, California. The driver opened the door for the world-renowned scientist, who was the first-ever female Egyptian nuclear scientist…

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Washington seems to have changed its tone after the RSF committed atrocities in October, putting increasing pressure on the foreign backers of a paramilitary that now controls Darfur. What next?

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