During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappe | ...

ONE of the more fanciful theories that emerged in the years following the 2014 referendum on independence was that assorted SNP players were in fact agents of the British state. To this day, some very ...

British counterterrorism officers arrested several Iranian men over an alleged plan to attack an undisclosed location in ...

Five Iranians suspected of plotting an attack on the Israeli embassy in London belong to a highly trained special operations ...

There is no evidence the security service, MI5, intentionally withheld documents from a major investigation into the agent in the IRA known as Stakeknife, a review has concluded. It was conducted ...

The shocking scale of this threat was made clear last year by MI5 director general Ken McCallum, who said spies and police had identified 20 credible Iranian plots to kill or kidnap people in the ...

But in 2023, MI5 issued guidance against the use of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), made in countries with 'coercive data sharing practices'. This was seen as a reference to China. Security ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Gerry Adams has said IRA membership was “not a path I took” as he was quizzed about his past comments and republican links ...

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But MI5 Director General, Sir Ken McCallum, last year cautioned that Beijing could pressure organisations and individuals "to carry out work on their behalf" if handed potentially sensitive data ...