An elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years pleaded guilty in the conspiracy Friday, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday left for the United States with talks on terrorism and the global economy expected to dominate the agenda.

Israeli forces on Saturday arrested members of the Palestinian Authority's intelligence services in the occupied West Bank for the second day in a row, Palestinian security sources said.

Report: Radical imam says he didn't pressure Fort Hood suspect. A radical Muslim cleric with suspected links to al-Qaida considered himself a confidant of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the Fort Hood shootings, The Washington Post reported Monday.

The Obama administration is increasing pressure on Pakistan to fight Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants as part of a revised US strategy for the Afghanistan war, The New York Times reported Monday.

A radical Yemeni cleric who exchanged emails with the suspected Fort Hood gunman "blessed the act" Monday and said the US shooting spree that left 13 dead was "permissible" under Islam.

A key US Senate committee said Monday it had postponed a briefing with top army officials on the Fort Hood shooting, as lawmakers sought clues that might have averted the deadly rampage.

The CIA provides hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan's spy service, including payments for the capture or killing of wanted militants, a US newspaper reported, citing unnamed officials and former officials.

The CIA provides hundreds of millions dollars to Pakistan's spy service, including payments for the capture or killing of wanted militants, a US newspaper reported, citing unnamed officials and former officials.

UK war criminal says troops kicked and punched Iraqi prisoners. Britain's first convicted war criminal said Monday that some of his fellow soldiers frequently beat Iraqi detainees.

Peru's president rebukes Chile for allegedly buying off Peruvian military officer to spy. Peruvian President Alan Garcia accused Chile of assaulting Peru's sovereignty, throwing his weight behind allegations that Chile paid a Peruvian military officer to spy.

Peru says it has proof of Chile spying; Chile calls claims offensive. Peruvian officials said Tuesday that an air force officer has confessed to passing national security secrets to Chile, where President Michelle Bachelet denied the espionage allegations, calling them offensive.

GAO report says Los Alamos lab classified computer network has security weaknesses. Security weaknesses uncovered in Los Alamos National Laboratory's classified computer network could increase the risk of a breach of classified information, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a new report.

Former Army counterintelligence worker executed by electric chair for killing Virginia couple. A former Army counterintelligence worker was executed by electric chair Tuesday for killing a Virginia couple, becoming the first U.S. inmate to die by electrocution in over a year.

GAO report says Los Alamos lab classified computer network has security weaknesses. Security weaknesses uncovered in Los Alamos National Laboratory's classified computer network could increase the risk of a breach of classified information, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a new report.

British judge: Some evidence can be kept secret in Guantanamo detainees' suit against UK. British spies can keep some evidence secret from former Guantanamo prisoners who are suing the government for alleged complicity in their detention, a British judge ruled Wednesday, the first volley in a legal battle to expose what role Britain played in the men's imprisonment.

At least four militants were killed and five others wounded in a US drone missile strike in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Thursday.

At least four militants were killed and five others wounded in a US drone missile strike in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Thursday.

Controversy over secret CIA prisons in Europe came to light again with the allegations that an upscale Lithuanian horseback riding school was secretly used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A website set up by China's Defense Ministry said it was hit by 2.3 million hacker attacks in its first month of operation, but none of them were successful.