Espionage Archives

Ahmed Samsam was jailed after a Madrid trial which convicted him of fighting for Islamic State

World

Danish spy agencies on trial over undercover agent claims

Denmark’s spy agencies go on trial on Thursday in a unique case brought by a Dane who claims he spied for Denmark in Syria...

AFPAugust 23, 2023

Ex-journalist Ivan Safronov during a court appearance in Moscow last year

World

Russian reporter loses appeal against 22-year jail term

Russia’s supreme court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by prominent investigative journalist Ivan Safronov against his 22-year prison sentence for high treason. The 33-year-old...

AFPAugust 2, 2023

Last year, Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5 warned that a Chinese spy had infiltrated parliament to interfere in UK politics

World

China intelligence targets UK ‘prolifically’: report

China’s state intelligence apparatus targets the UK “prolifically and aggressively” but the government in London’s response has been “completely inadequate”, a parliamentary committee said...

AFPJuly 13, 2023

US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended detention at The Moscow City Court in Moscow in June, 2023.

World

US says still no ‘pathway’ to get jailed journalist home from Russia

The White House said Friday there is still no clear “pathway” to getting jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich home from Russia, despite...

AFPJuly 7, 2023

Chinese honor guards take formation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 28, 2023

Business

US warns firms over new Chinese ‘counter-espionage’ law

US intelligence warned companies operating in China Friday over the impact of Beijing’s new counter-espionage law coming into force on July 1. The National...

AFPJune 30, 2023

A public inquiry report slammed the tactics of UK undercover police, saying they were not justifed

World

UK ‘spy cops’ tactics unjustified: public inquiry report

An undercover UK policing unit that spied on hundreds of campaign groups over decades should have been shut down.

AFPJune 29, 2023

US President Joe Biden (R) and China's President Xi Jinping are seen at the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Indonesia on November 14, 2022

World

Biden equates China’s Xi with ‘dictators’ at donor reception

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday equated his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with “dictators” as he addressed a Democratic Party donors reception in the...

AFPJune 21, 2023

World

Biden equates China’s Xi with ‘dictators’ at donor reception

US President Joe Biden equated his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with “dictators” on Tuesday as he addressed a Democratic Party donors reception in the...

AFPJune 20, 2023