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Russia detained a diplomat from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow whom it accused of being an undercover Central Intelligence Agency officer attempting to recruit a member of the Russian intelligence services.Ryan C. Fogle, the third secretary in the political section at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was detained in the night hours stretching from Monday to Tuesday and subsequently released to U.S. diplomats, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement.According to the statement, which accused Mr. Fogle of operating as an undercover CIA officer, the U.S. diplomat was found with special technical equipment, a recruitment note written to a Russian citizen, a large sum of money and products designed to change a person's appearance."The U.S. intelligence community recently has made repeated attempts to recruit employees of Russia's law-enforcement bodies and special agencies, which have been recorded and monitored by [Russia's] counter-espionage forces," the FSB added.The spy row ca...
Heritage Foundation Peter Brookes on the attack at the U.S . Embassy in Turkey.
Two security guards were killed in a blast outside the U.S. embassy in Ankara Friday, local television reported, amid speculation it was a suicide attack.The force o...
Shares of the Market Vectors Egypt ETF (NYSE:EGPT), the lone ETF devoted exclusively to the North African nation, are off three percent today and currently hovering ...
Proposed changes to Mongolia's mining law threaten to undermine the economic viability of its fledgling mining sector, with negative consequences for the entire econ...
The worst air pollution in Beijing in recent memory has prompted an outpouring of candor and criticism from state-run media, an implicit acknowledgment by the govern...
Jim Reese on how TigerSwan protects executives in areas of cultural or political instability
According to a study released this week by global consulting group Mercer, the best U.S. city to live in is Honolulu, Hawaii. However, the study reviews hundreds of ...
Shares of the Market Vectors Egypt ETF (NYSE:EGPT) are off 7.3 percent on volume that surpassed the daily average less than three hours into Monday's trading session...
FBN’s Lou Dobbs breaks down the timeline surrounding the Benghazi attacks.
Author Bing West on the current state of fighting in the Middle East and the continued confusion around the attack on the U.S . embassy in Libya.
Former CIA Operative Gary Bernsten on the continued investigation into the attacks against the U.S . embassy in Libya.
Shares of the iShares MSCI Israel Capped Investable Market Index Fund (NYSE:EIS) are off 2.2 percent and trading at the lows of the day on news that Ahmed Said Khali...
Argentina has asked the U.S. government to provide information about alleged bribes that Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL) employees channeled to Argentine government official...
The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, recommended on Monday that the bloc begin membership negotiations with Serbia, a milestone in the country's transfor...
A former Credit Suisse Group AG (CS) investment-banking executive is expected to appear in a federal court in New York on Friday after he was extradited from the U.K...
Oil futures rose late Tuesday after news reports that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had died.Light, sweet crude for April delivery gained about 10 cents a barrel ...
Oil futures rose as uncertainty over the health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez brought the country, a major U.S. oil supplier, back into focus Tuesday.Venezuela...
The New York Times’ Tom Friedman on the transition inside the Obama Administration.
FNC contributor Judith Miller and FNC Middle East and terrorism expert Dr. Walid Phares on Clinton’s job as Secretary of State and the Administration’s foreign policy.
