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Blaise Metreweli is succeeding Sir Richard Moore, who leaves this autumn after four years in charge

Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, will replace Sir Richard Moore.

Metreweli, 47, has held series of director-level roles in foreign intelligence service and in domestic agency MI5

Vasili Mitrokhin defected in 1992 after spending years copying top-secret documents on Soviet spies and operations

One of the great British purveyors of the spy and cold-war genres, Frederick Forsyth, who has died at the age of 86, was best known for his novels The Day of the Jackal (1971), The Odessa File (1972) and The Dogs of War (1974).

Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellers

Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatment

The latest 007 First Light news and updates on the upcoming James Bond origins game

PlayStation just revealed the first look at 007: First Light—a gritty, cinematic Bond origin story from IO Interactive.

Conspiracy theories spread like wildfire. One outlandish claim, a cryptic comment, or even a clumsy misquote can spark an avalanche of speculation. Add a pinch of public distrust and the lightning speed of social media, and suddenly, a fringe idea becomes a global obsession. While researchers have shown that fake…

From put-upon backroom schlubs to everyone-knows romances, the franchise reflects modern work culture, especially the collective banter, says Phil Hoad