QUEEN Elizabeth II was kept in the dark for a decade about a Russian spy who infiltrated her household and was one of her most senior advisers, according to newly released MI5 files. In 1964, Sir ...

The Russian spy ship tracked in British waters is just a small piece in a much larger shadow war that the West is losing, according to a decorated counter-intelligence specialist.

MI5 is searching for a real-life Q to conjure up gadgets for spooks and thwart terror attacks, and the successful candidate ...

However, the release of MI5’s files this week, detailing the confessions of Kim ... For decades, Kim Philby has been synonymous with treason—an MI6 officer who betrayed Britain’s trust, passing vital ...

With its iconic cupola, this Edwardian baroque landmark is where Secretary of State for War Winston Churchill presided and where MI5 and MI6 were born, and it's been revitalized after a reported $ ...

But the cuts have gone even deeper. Under the new regime, intelligence officers working for both the Secret Service (MI5) and Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) have been told to expect more ...

Documents newly declassified by MI5, Britain's internal intelligence agency, show the late Queen Elizabeth II was not ...

The files about royal art historian Anthony Blunt are among a trove from the intelligence agency MI5 released Tuesday ... for foreign intelligence agency MI6 despite falling under suspicion.

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