Iran executes nuclear scientist for spying for U.S. (Updated)
Iran has executed an Iranian nuclear scientist detained in 2010 when he returned home from the United States, after a court convicted him of spying...
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North Korea sentences Korean American to 10 years hard labour — Xinhua
North Korea’s Supreme Court sentenced a Korean American man to 10 years of hard labour on Friday for subversion, China’s Xinhua news agency reported, in...
Palestinians arrest negotiations aide suspected of spying for Israel (Updated)
Palestinian officials said on Sunday they had arrested a member of their peace negotiating department for spying for Israel, a development likely to deepen distrust...
FBI probes breach at Juniper Networks -CNN
Dec 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a breach at network gear maker Juniper Networks Inc on suspicion that a...
Britain to build cyber attack forces to tackle IS, hackers
By Michael Holden British spies are building elite cyber offensive forces to strike at Islamic State fighters, hackers and hostile powers, finance minister George Osborne...
German spy agency snooped on its own diplomat
Germany’s BND foreign intelligence service spied on a German diplomat, potentially breaching the constitution, and on allies including French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, a German...
France summons US envoy over ‘unacceptable’ NSA spying (Update 3)
By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau France summoned the US ambassador on Wednesday to explain allegations by transparency lobby group WikiLeaks of what President Francois...
Pakistan orders aid agency Save the Children to leave
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik Pakistani authorities have given Save the Children 15 days to leave the country, officials said on Friday, accusing the aid agency of...
South Korea demands release of two men accused by North Korea of espionage
By James Pearson and Jack Kim South Korea demanded the immediate release on Friday of two of its citizens being held in North Korea on...
Turkey seeks German explanation over spying claims
Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Monday a report in a German magazine that Berlin had been spying on Ankara for years would be “absolutely unacceptable”...
Are the Brits tapping undersea cables off Cyprus?
UK MINISTER of State for Europe David Lidington yesterday declined to either confirm or deny reports in the British press that 14 undersea cables which...
Snowden writes to Germans to seek support in spy row
By Stephen Brown and Alexandra Hudson Fugitive U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has told Germany he is counting on international support to stop Washington’s ‘persecution’...
German journalists urged to shun Google and Yahoo
By Harro Ten Wolde The union representing German journalists advised its members on Thursday to stop using Google and Yahoo because of reported snooping by...
US spy chiefs face Congress amid spying rift with Europe
By Tabassum Zakaria and Deborah Charles When top U.S. intelligence officials testified at a congressional hearing weeks ago, the public uproar was over the National...
US NSA spied on 60 mln Spanish phone calls in a month – report
The US National Security Agency (NSA) recently tracked over 60 million calls in Spain in the space of a month, a Spanish newspaper said on...
EU sends team to US to seek clarity on spying allegations
By Charlie Dunmore A delegation of lawmakers from the European Union will travel to Washington on Monday to seek a response to allegations of widespread...
Germany, France to unite in anger over US spying accusations
By Luke Baker German and French accusations that the United States has run spying operations in their countries, including possibly bugging Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile...
Merkel calls Obama over suspicion US monitored her phone
The German government has obtained information that the United States may have monitored the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel and she called President Barack...