China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab, after the CIA said it now favors the so-called lab leak theory over natural transmission.

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released on Saturday. It points the finger at China ...

Benjamin Franklin was wrong, or at least premature, when he wrote in 1789 that nothing is certain in this world “except death and taxes.” Were he writing today, he would have to add to this ...

On Saturday, the lab-leak claim got another dose of plasma. This was the Central Intelligence Agency's issuance of its purported "assessment" that a lab leak was more likely than zoonosis as the ...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) On Saturday, the lab-leak claim got another dose of plasma. This was the Central Intelligence Agency's issuance of its purported "assessment" that a lab leak was more likely ...

But the distrust between Patel and intelligence officials goes both ways. That came to a head in 2020 when the CIA referred Patel, then a top Trump national security aide, to the Justice ...

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognized the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The latest development marks a ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning to Russia as an ally. The withdrawal "has become effective today," ECOWAS said in a statement. All three nations, which in September created ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds. By Saikou Jammeh ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, which is due to take ...