Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad, state media reported on Wednesday, amid heightened regional tensions and renewed rhetoric between Tehran, Tel Aviv, and Washington. The execution comes as Iran says it is confronting what it describes as an intensifying campaign of foreign espionage and covert operations. Read More: […]
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Pakistani fisherman coerced by Indian intelligence, says Information Minister
ISLAMABAD – Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Saturday revealed that a Pakistani fisherman was arrested by the Indian Coast Guard and coerced into carrying out tasks for India’s intelligence agency. Speaking at a press conference alongside Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhary, Tarar said the fisherman, Ijaz Mallah, was apprehended while fishing in the […]
Vietnam abolishes death penalty for espionage and anti-state crimes
HANOI – Vietnam has officially abolished the death penalty for eight major crimes, including espionage, bribery, and anti-state activities, according to an announcement by state media on Wednesday. Starting July 1, the number of crimes punishable by death will drop from 18 to just 10. This move comes after Vietnam’s National Assembly approved amendments to […]
Spain to tighten control over secret services after spying scandal
MADRID: Spain’s prime minister vowed Thursday to tighten oversight of the country’s secret services in the wake of a scandal over the hacking of top politicians’ mobile phones that has roiled his fragile coalition government. The affair broke in April when Canadian cybersecurity watchdog Citizen Lab said the telephones of more than 60 people linked […]
Algeria files complaint against RSF over Pegasus spyware claim
Algeria said Friday it filed a defamation claim against media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) after it back-pedalled accusations that the North African country had possessed Israeli-made Pegasus spyware. Algeria’s embassy in France said the complaint related to declarations the France-based organisation published on its website on July 19. RSF had initially identified Algeria as […]
American jailed for betraying military sources in Iraq
A Pentagon translator was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for passing the names of US informants in Iraq to a person linked to Lebanon’s powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah. Mariam Thompson, 62, had admitted transmitting the classified information to a Lebanese national in hopes that it would be passed on to the group designated […]
Germany arrests Russian scientist for ‘spying’ for Moscow
German federal prosecutors said Monday they had arrested a Russian scientist accused of passing sensitive information from a German university to Moscow in return for cash. They said in a statement the suspect, identified only as Ilnur N., had been taken into custody on Friday on suspicion of “working for a Russian secret service since […]
Punishment to two Army and one civil officer on the charges of espionage
ISLAMABAD: General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) endorsed punishment to two Army and one civil officer on the charges of espionage/ leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudice to the national security. The officers were tried under Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and Official Secret Act by separate Field General Court Marshal […]