Newly released MI5 files from the National Archives reveal that British intelligence monitored potential connections between ...

The UK's terrorist threat level is currently classified as "substantial," meaning an attack is considered likely.

A closer look at recently declassified MI5 files on the intelligence failure surrounding the five "Cambrdige spies" ...

A defendant in an alleged Russian spy ring case told police he had already spoken to MI5 when he was arrested, the Old Bailey ...

British counter-terrorism officers are on high alert amid concerns of a copycat attack in the wake of the New Orleans atrocity. Police and MI5 fear Islamic State supporters could be triggered into ...

He is considered one of the most successful double agents of the Cold War period in British intelligence history. The MI5: Official Secrets exhibition opens at The National Archives this spring.

Critics warn counter-terrorism police and MI5 will be swamped with thousands more cases involving people not considered to be ...

AT least 11 UK terror plot cases since 2020 have involved 3D-printed guns, MI5 has revealed. The threat of the untraceable weapons was highlighted by the agency’s ...

Keir Starmer says that terrorism has 'changed' and that the problem must be urgently addressed. But the system is fluid when ...

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 ...

MI5 has circulated a warning to MPs and peers regarding a female ... Ms Lee is reportedly involved in the China Overseas Friendship Association and the British-Chinese Project. She is also listed as a ...

Around the same time, a KGB defector told spooks that a young British actor had been targeted in a possible recruitment attempt in the Russian capital. MI5 thought this man might have been Bogarde ...