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German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel closes her eyes during a press conference at the CDU headquarters on October 29, 2018 in Berlin. Merkel announced she will not stand again as leader of her centre-right CDU, which she has chaired the CDU for 18 years, and will step down as German chancellor when her mandate ends in 2021. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

January 4, 2019, 7:03 pm

Massive data leak targets German officials including Merkel

Merkel’s data shows two email addresses used by the chancellor, a fax number and letters apparently written by her and to her; far-right AfD not affected

By Deborah Cole

December 14, 2018, 11:32 pm

In fresh breach, Facebook says bug may have exposed photos of 7 million users

Those affected had granted permission for third-party apps to access pictures

By Barbara Ortutay

People pass French flags lowered at half-mast in Nice on July 16, 2016, following the deadly Bastille Day attack. (AFP PHOTO / Valery HACHE)

July 13, 2017, 4:54 pm

French magazine may be pulled over ‘intolerable’ terror images

Paris prosecutor asks to have Paris Match edition withdrawn and leaked footage from 2016 Nice terror attack probed

By Benjamin Legendre

Yisrael Beytenu leader and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting in the Knesset, May 8, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

May 17, 2017, 11:50 am

Defense minister: Israel-US security ties strong as ever

After claims that Israeli intel will think twice about sharing info with Trump, Liberman says ‘deep, significant, unprecedented’ relations will continue

By Sue Surkes

CIA Director Michael Pompeo on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

March 8, 2017, 2:19 am

The CIA may be spying on you through your TV

Documents disclosed by WikiLeaks, showing agency hacks computers, phones, TVs, could spark new privacy tensions

By ANICK JESDANUN

This April 13, 2016, file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

March 8, 2017, 2:09 am

WikiLeaks publishes files showing how CIA hacks computers, mobile phones, smart TVs

Thousands of documents detail how spy agency subverts world’s most popular technology platforms, including iPhones, Android phones and Microsoft Windows

By Jack Gillum and Raphael Satter

In this March 3, 2005, file photo a workman quickly slides a dust mop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., near Washington. (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

March 7, 2017, 7:06 pm

WikiLeaks publishes thousands of what it says are CIA documents

Files detail alleged cyber espionage and hacking activities carried out by top US spy agency

By Raphael Satter

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addresses a press conference held by the organization in Berlin on October 4, 2016. Assange is holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, to evade an extradition request by Sweden over rape allegations. (screen capture: YouTube)

October 19, 2016, 7:48 am

Ecuador confirms it cut internet access for WikiLeaks founder

Quito implies Assange, who’s based in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, interfered in US elections by leaking Hillary emails

By Raphael Satter and GONZALO SOLANO

In this photo taken Nov. 9, 2011, former Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks in New York. (AP Photo/Eric Reichbaum)

September 17, 2016, 2:19 am

Israel, US mum on Powell’s assessment that Israel has 200 nukes

After leak of email in which he gauges size of Jewish state’s alleged atomic arsenal, former secretary of state stresses it was sent 10 years after he left office

By Judah Ari Gross and AP

In this photo taken Sept. 3, 2014, former Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks at the State Department in Washington. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

September 15, 2016, 10:09 pm

In leaked emails, Colin Powell says Israel has 200 nukes

While discussing Iran nuclear deal, former secretary of state apparently reveals extent of Jewish state’s alleged atomic arsenal

By Judah Ari Gross

A selection of private medical files published by transparency website WikiLeaks as part of their global crusade to expose government secrets. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

August 23, 2016, 4:20 pm

Private lives become collateral damage as WikiLeaks spills its secrets

In global crusade to expose government files, the whistleblower group has also published names of teenage rape victims, sensitive personal information

By Raphael Satter and MAGGIE MICHAEL

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Christmas lunch with members of the Christian Orthodox community in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, January 6, 2016. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

April 8, 2016, 4:08 am

Abbas’s son said to hold $1m in investment company tied to PA

‘Panama Papers’ reveal extent of Tareq Abbas’s role in firm heavily involved in Palestinian economy

By TOI staff

A Bank Leumi in Jerusalem, November 16, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 5, 2016, 1:15 pm

Israel launches probe into firms exposed in tax haven leaks

Tax Authority says it will investigate if some 600 Israeli corporations and 850 shareholders evaded levies by using offshore accounts

By Raoul Wootliff

A marquee of the Arango Orillac Building lists the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama City, April 3, 2016. (AP/Arnulfo Franco)

April 4, 2016, 6:41 am

600 Israeli companies, 850 shareholders listed in Panama data leak

11.5 million documents from Panamanian law firm reveal offshore companies of heads of state, celebrities, businessmen

By TOI staff and Agencies

The entrance to the Hiriya waste processing plant in central Israel, taken on September 19, 2008. (Shnili/Creative Commons)

January 14, 2016, 8:01 pm

Garbage truck driver finds top secret Navy docs

In what IDF calls ‘serious case,’ highly classified materials from 2nd-in-command’s office almost dumped at trash site

By TOI staff