The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and ...

The announcement posted to the CIA’s website offered no reason for the decision to end the Factbook, but it follows a vow ...

The CIA shut down its World Factbook resource Wednesday, after it spent more than six decades in existence. The agency ...

After decades of serving as a reliable, authoritative public repository of basic information about countries, their economies, and their people, The World Factbook disappeared from the internet on ...

For over 60 years of existence, the CIA manual went from being reference material for intelligence officers to one for the ...

After more than 60 years of circulation, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) announced on Wednesday that it is shutting ...

A statement on the CIA's website does not give a reason for the decision, simply stating that the publication has "sunset" while encouraging readers to "stay curious about the world and find ways to ...

The "CIA World Factbook" was one of the oldest sites on the internet and a popular destination in its early years. On ...

The Factbook, a version of which dates to 1962, provided facts, figures, maps and more to generations of economists, professors, journalists and others.

The CIA announces that after more than 60 years, it is shuttering the popular World Factbook reference manual. The announcement posted to the CIA’s website offers no reason for the decision to end the ...