Espionage

Gershkovich is the first American journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges since the end of the cold war

Iran said Saturday it executed a former high-ranking defence ministry official and dual Iranian-British national, despite international warnings not to carry out the death sentence. The execution further escalated tensions with the West amid the nationwide anti-government protests shaking the Islamic Republic. The hanging of Ali Reza Akbari, a close ally of top security official Ali Shamkhani, suggests an ongoing power struggle within Iran's theocracy as it tries to contain the demonstrations over the September death of Mahsa Amini. It also harkened back to the mass purges of the military that immediately followed Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. Akbari's hanging drew immediate anger from London, which along with the US and others has sanctioned Iran over the protests and its supplying Russia with the bomb-carrying drones now targeting Ukraine. This was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their own people, British Prime

The former Deputy Defence Minister, identified by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry as Alireza Akbari, was charged with 'espionage on behalf of Britain'

Delhi Police's Crime Branch team has arrested a driver working in the Ministry of External Affairs on charges of espionage for allegedly leaking confidential details to a Pakistan-based person, sources said on Friday. According to a source, the arrest was made on Friday from the Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan here. The suspect allegedly used to pass confidential and sensitive information related to national security to a person based in Pakistan. The source said the driver was honey trapped by an ISI person who pretended to be a woman when he spoke with him. Police, however, refused to share any details of the case citing concerns over national security.

The ISRO spy case surfaced in 1994 when S. Nambi Narayanan, a top scientist at the ISRO unit here, was arrested on charges of espionage

The prosecution in the espionage trial of former Russian journalist Ivan Safronov has demanded a 24-year prison sentence

The amendments would increase prison time and fines for people who work with foreign entities to steal information about 'core' technologies, reported Taipei Times

The woman 'has been engaged in political interference activities on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party', says Speaker.

Unlike le Carre, who developed quite a sentimental Left view of the world, Deighton remained faithful to his calling of entertainment

Centre says 'nothing to hide'; Supreme Court says you're beating around the bush

The report stated that China's cyber-espionage poses an "imminent threat" to the economy of The Netherlands, in sectors such as banking, energy and infrastructure

Rajasthan police have arrested one a man on charges of working as an agent of Pakistani intelligence, officials said here on Monday

Assange has been jailed in Britain since 2019 as he fights extradition to the United States

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said Monday Assange was likely to commit suicide if sent to the US

A former Army Green Beret pleaded guilty to conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives and providing them with United States national defense information

According to court filings, investigators "discovered photographs of her in the uniform of the Civilian Cadre of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)"

Washington "abruptly demanded" closure of the Houston consulate on Tuesday, China's foreign ministry said, calling the move an "unprecedented escalation."

China is targeting its nationals living abroad, coercing their return, and it is working to compromise US coronavirus research, says FBI chief.

It said Pakistan's Charge de Affairs was issued a demarche in which a strong protest was lodged over the activities of the two officials against India's national security

US crackdown on economic espionage could hurt research and innovation