Espionage

Russian-born American Gene Spector. Photo: The Moscow Times
World+Biz

Russia sentences US man to 15 years in prison for 'espionage': agencies

Moscow City Court sentenced the man, named Gene Spector, to "15 years to be served in a strict-regime penal colony"

Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

China court jails journalist for seven years on spy charges, family says

A Chinese national flag waves outside Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court where Australian writer Yang Hengjun is expected to face trial on espionage charges, in Beijing, China 27 May, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins//File Photo
Asia

Australian writer sentenced to death in China may never be executed, says Chinese ambassador

The clock on Spasskaya tower showing the time at noon, is pictured next to Moscow?s Kremlin, and St. Basil?s Cathedral, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Europe

Moscow court arrests US national for 'espionage': Russian news agencies

FILE PHOTO: A China's flag flutters near people lining up to get tested at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
China

China wants to mobilise entire nation in counter-espionage

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in March while on a reporting trip and charged with espionage, stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his detention, in Moscow, Russia April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
World+Biz

Russia considering US request to visit journalist Evan Gershkovich - Ifax

China jails US citizen for life on espionage charges
World+Biz

China jails US citizen for life on espionage charges

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China

China approves wide-ranging expansion of counter-espionage law

Reporter for U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, detained on suspicion of espionage, leaves a court building in Moscow, Russia March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
Europe

Russia charges Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich with espionage

President of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang, presents the 'Constitution Protection Report 2021' together with German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
Europe

China cranking up political espionage, German official tells newspaper

REUTERS PHOTO
World+Biz

How the CIA failed Iranian informants in its secret war with Tehran

Former US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is seen in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
USA

FBI seized top secret documents at Trump's home; Espionage Act cited

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria 23 May, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Middle East

Iran arrests Swedish citizen on espionage charges