Espionage

Turkey detains 33 people suspected of espionage for Israel's Mossad

The detained individuals are accused of planning attacks or abductions targeting foreign nationals residing in Turkey, as reported by the state-run Anadolu Agency.

Chinese spy balloon infiltrated U.S. airspace using American internet service provider

The report reveals that this connection enabled the balloon to transmit bursts of data to its home base in China, utilising high-bandwidth collections over short periods. The identity of the involved company has not been disclosed

Qatar commutes death sentence for eight Navy veterans. What happens next?

On Thursday, Qatar commuted the death sentence to eight Indian Navy veterans, with some saying they will serve jail time between three and 25 years. There’s also a hope that they could serve out their sentences in India through a 2015 treaty that New Delhi signed with Doha

Before death penalty, how 8 Navy veterans languished in solitary confinement in Qatar

After being arrested in the dead of night by Qatar’s spy agency, eight Indian Navy officials were kept in solitary confinement for almost a year. Initially, they were not granted any contact with their families. The veterans have now been sentenced to death, a move that has shocked India

What Qatar may want from India to free 8 ex-Navy men: Here are 5 guesses

Whatever the reason, the current impasse smells of a bargaining chip. It will be surprising if the eight Indian men are executed instead of being used as pawns in a larger negotiation

Why 18 December may be a key day in ex-Indian Navy personnel case in Qatar

Perhaps the most perplexing aspect of this case is the lack of information regarding the charges against these eight men

How China is engaging ordinary citizens to fight spying

China’s ruling Communist Party is enlisting ordinary people to guard against espionage threats to the country. But as Beijing tries to call for a ‘whole of society mobilisation’, the line between vigilance and paranoia fades

NewsClick controversy: Why India needs a better understanding of foreign influence operations

India needs to overhaul its intelligence apparatus as our understanding of these deep-rooted, layered, and complex espionage operations is very superficial and shallow

Pentagon Leaks: The questions surrounding access to top-secret documents

The case of Jack Teixeira, a junior Massachusetts airman, in the leaking of classified documents raises broader questions about whether the term ‘top secret’ is actually even secret, and whether national security agencies have allowed their sensitive material to drift too far afield

US President Joe Biden calls family of reporter accused of espionage in Russia

Biden once more denounced the journalist's imprisonment before leaving Washington. The Wall Street Journal and the US administration have both angrily refuted the Russian claim that Gershkovich is a spy